I think the £95 is court costs ? I'm going to the council offices later on, i'll ask them for a copy of liability order

I hadn't thought about the Councillor - thank you!

They weren't, but I told them today. They asked me to write them a letter detailing my circumstances

Thankyou for your reply

Hi, This is my first post here - long time lurker. I stupidly fell into arears with my council tax at my previous address, partly due to my ill health ( which i'm registered disabled for ) I received a letter from my local council advising me to pay £222 by a certain date which I forget, I assumed I had paid by that date so thought no more of it. Mid June I received a letter from Jacobs advising they had been instructed to retrieve my debt £95 + fees which all in all added up to £170. I thought this was a mistake and so stupidly ignored it. Today I returned home to a hand delivered letter saying they would be returning within 24 hours for goods / payment of £405. I called and spoke with agent who said pay end of. I explained I thought i'd paid, she didn't care. Rang the council and they said £222 had been paid just after deadline and £95 was court fees. Rang Jacobs back to see if I could come to a payment plan - a resounding no. Rang council back hysterical asking if they could claim the debt back and I deal with them. They've asked for a 14 day hold on the account where I have to write them a letter explaining my circumstances. Rang Jacobs back to advise what I'd been told, was put through to the welfare team who said as account on hold they cannot make any changes to it and ring back in 2 weeks. Sorry for the long post! Is there anything I can do to get this reduced to original amount? I'm so stupid for not reading things all the way through. Thanks for reading