SOME cannot pay. Others simply will not pay. But one thing is clear. The £80 million council tax that is owed in Birmingham is unacceptable.
And it is even more unacceptable that some of the arrears date back a decade.
Birmingham City Council's deputy leader Paul Tilsley talks tough – insisting that there is no escape.
We hope that is the case because, in the end, it is this city's honest council tax-payers who will end up bearing even more of the financial burden.
Those who are genuinely struggling to pay up must be given every assistance to help them pay off their debt.
But those who are simply trying to dodge their responsibility should be tracked down and forced to pay.
There should be no hiding place for council tax cheats.
Get tough, councillors. Make them cough up.
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