Northumberland residents wrongly receive court summonses

Jun 23 2009 by David Black, The Journal

“People take it very personally when they get threatening letters like this through the post. It is another way in which the unitary council appears overbearing and remote.”

Liberal Democrat executive member for corporate resources, Andrew Tebbutt, has sent an email to all county councillors advising them what to do if they are contacted by irate members of the public.

Yesterday the county council appealed to people to be patient over the introduction of a new, unified council tax payment system, which involves bringing together the six former district councils’ separate databases.

The council has stressed that no one who has paid will be subject to recovery action.