Council turns to Debt Collection Agencies for help

A Freedom of Information request has revealed £1.997 million of Maldon district council-related debt was sent to external debt collection agencies in the 2023/24 financial year.
These debts include failures to pay Council Tax, Business Rates, parking fines and housing arrears.
This is the highest amount of debt sent in the last three years, with debt sent totalling £1.39 million in 2022/23 and £1.93 million in 2021/22.
The information detailing the total amount of recovered deb