SIR – In response to David Harris’s recent letter, we too are shocked at new changes for empty unfurnished properties.
My sisters and I are selling my late uncle’s flat and have been informed that we have to pay 100 per cent council tax. When my uncle lived alone in the property, he had 25 per cent discount!
We also have to pay service charges, even though no-one lives there. The Council must be rubbing their hands together with glee on this money-making scam!
Diane Bannon, Marsh Street, Little Horton
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