| Town hall snoopers want bedroom access to check tax discount pensioners are living alone James Chapman Town hall snoopers are demanding access to people's bedrooms, it has emerged. Officials say they need to enter and inspect properties where a council tax discount is claimed. Seven and a half million people - a large number of them pensioners - are entitled to 25 per cent off their annual bill because they live on their own. The Conservatives warned that householders are being pressured into signing a declaration agreeing to an internal inspection of their homes in order to prove they really are single. One form, produced by Thurrock Council in Essex, reads: 'To be completed and returned immediately if you wish to continue to claim single person discount... 'I authorise the Council or its agents to make enquiries to corroborate this claim. I will permit the Council or its agents to inspect the property on request... 'If you do not do so, we will have to cancel your discount and send you a revised bill for the increased amount.' |
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