We've moved into a new property 3 months ago and have been chasing Bury Council to send the Council Tax documentation. The departments clearly don't talk to each other as we then started to receive reminders for non-payment and threats to issue legal proceedings. When we speak to them on...
During the rest of the 19th Century successive Parliaments passed amendments which had the effect of reducing the incentive to receive relief. For those that remained destitute the law required their entry into the workhouse (as often described by Dickens) in return for the payment of relief. It...