The Hastings Observer report:

HASTINGS Borough Council has a particularly bad record for bringing in the bailiffs, according to the Money Advice Trust.

Figures released last week by the charity, obtained as a result of Freedom of Information requests made to local authorities, ranks the borough as seventh in England and Wales for bailiff referrals in the last 12 months as a percentage of total properties.

The council referred 6,928 debts to bailiffs, which equates to 15 per cent of total properties.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.