Dan Peters 11 December 2025

Council tax prison call

England should follow Scotland and Wales in scrapping the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax, a charity has urged after latest figures from the Ministry of Justice revealed 19 people received suspended sentences last year.

Last month Havant resident Matthew Simpson was sent to prison for 70 days for failing to pay more than £2,200 of council tax between April 2013 and March 2016.

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Council tax prison call

England should follow Scotland and Wales in scrapping the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax, a charity has urged after latest figures from the Ministry of Justice revealed 19 people received suspended sentences last year.

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