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Adrian Childs

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507 total appearances

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The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

Correct.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

And I've forgotten the other one.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

Let's move on to council tax.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

A good choice to do this.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

It rose by an average of 4.9% for households in England last month.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

Bill's also on the up in Scotland and Wales.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

We had the council elections last week in many places, which focused a few minds.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

So let's start with the big one.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

Check in and challenge your council tax ban.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

You've been doing this one for years.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

I have indeed.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

I mean, I think it's one of those ones.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

It's just so depressing.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

Everybody knows it's a nonsense the way it was done in the first place.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

And nobody's got the political will to have a complete, to organise it properly because there'd be losers as well as winners and politically it'd be disastrous.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

But if we're striving towards fairness, then we should want fairness, shouldn't we?

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

Well, no, you're trying to get your own decreased and you might...

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

have the effect of getting the others increased.

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

But A, would they know it was your fault?

The Martin Lewis Podcast
Council Tax Cost Cutting Special: 5 ways to try to cut your bill & possibly get £1,000s back

And B, that implies there are people who this happens and every now and then somebody gets an unwelcome letter from saying, well, we're bumping your council.