Local authorities wrote off £410m of uncollectable council tax and business rates in 2016/17, new Department for Communities and Local Government figures have revealed.
Councils collected a total of £26.6bn in council tax during the financial year – an increase of £1.3bn or 5.1% over 2015/16.
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