[Lilly]

Originally Posted by claytonender

You really don't appear to have any concept of what it is like to live on a very small income and also assume everyone has the right sort of bank account to pay by DD. Not everyone has a current account and as far as I am aware unless you have a current account you can not pay any bills by DD.

Have you ever had a DD go wrong? I don't just mean one for HBC, I know that banks guarantee to re-emburse the money but it is not a easy process and in the mean time bank cahrges can be accruing on an account.

Many older people have their pension paid into a Post Office Card Account and would only be able to pay their Council Tax in cash. Also many people prefer to deal in cash and some people probably pay their council Tax weekly, when they get paid.

You don't appear to have any concept of direct debit.

Yes, it is possible that mistakes could be made with direct debit but it is also possible that you could be mugged of your cash on your way to pay at the offices.....you can't keep looking for problems....do you want the mayor to come round to your house to personally collect the cash from you?

I do feel sorry for the elderly as I did when post offices were recently closed, in a way it's a similar story and I do understand what you've said about people who can't get a current account....although if they can't get a current account they must be hard up so they probably don't pay their council tax anyway.