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<p>The Government does not have any plans to remove the sanction of imprisonment for
non-payment of council tax. However, committal to prison should only ever be the last
resort in the collection of council tax arrears. Magistrates courts can only commit
someone to prison for non-payment of council tax where they are satisfied that the
failure to pay is due to their wilful refusal or culpable neglect. The number of committal
warrants has been decreasing, with 34 issued in England in 2017-18.</p>
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