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The Government is currently engaging with a range of stakeholders to consider how to improve council tax collection. Following those discussions, we intend to publish updated guidance on good collection practices, before considering the scope of further reforms. The Government is clear that imprisonment should only ever be the last resort for non-payment of council tax. Before a magistrates\u2019 court commits someone to prison for failure to pay their council tax, it must inquire as to the debtor\u2019s means, and satisfy itself that failure to pay is due to \u201cwilful refusal or culpable neglect\u201d. This is to prevent persons who are genuinely unable to pay their council tax from being committed to prison.<\/p>"}
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Our policy is to implement, subject to Parliamentary approval, any proposal made by councils to merge which we assess on the basis of information in the proposal as meeting our merger criteria, including giving greater value for many and yielding cost savings, which were announced to Parliament in a written statement on 7 November 2017 (HCWS232).<\/p>"}
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The core Spending Power per dwelling for Telford & Wrekin is £1,729 in 2019-20.<\/p>"}
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The Department has made no such estimates following the establishment of the Shropshire Council but an in dependent review undertaken by EY, \u2018Independent Analysis of Governance Scenarios and Public Service Reform in County Areas\u2019<\/em> published in 2016 estimates the savings to have been £20 million per year.<\/p>"}
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If the two councils were to submit a proposal to merge we would assess this against the criteria which we announced to Parliament in a written statement on November 7, 2017 (HCWS232).<\/p>"}
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