{"id":9039,"date":"2021-01-08T13:19:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/?p=9039"},"modified":"2021-01-08T13:19:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:19:33","slug":"church-action-for-tax-justice-7th-january-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/?p=9039","title":{"rendered":"Church Action for Tax Justice – 7th January 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Happy New Year! I truly hope 2021 turns out to be a better year for us all.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week, Church Action for Tax Justice is launching its\u00a0Fair Tax Now<\/a>\u00a0campaign.<\/p>\n

This campaign is focussed on telling the stories of individuals who are at the sharp end of tax injustice. Oftentimes, campaigning for tax justice can get tied up in statistics when what matters are the real people, the real lives behind those statistics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Therefore, this week, we want to draw attention to Andy\u2019s story. Andy and his wife, Sarah, are in a better place now, but some years ago Andy was on minimum wage and his wife could not work. They struggled financially and ended up with significant Council Tax arrears. One day, a bailiff appeared at their door wanting to assess all they had with a view to repossession.<\/p>\n

It was an incredibly frightening experience that left Andy feeling like a \u201cfailure\u201d. You can watch our interview with Andy here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1MLo3IUbji8<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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What makes this so unjust is that, at the time, Andy and Sarah were paying about 10% of their income in Council Tax, while the richest in our society pay just 1% of their income in Council Tax.<\/p>\n

It is no wonder that Citizens Advice have said that Council Tax is the most common debt problem in the UK.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of our Fair Tax Now campaign, we are therefore calling for a fairer Council Tax system, one that doesn\u2019t penalise families like Andy and Sarah.<\/p>\n

We would love it if you would take part in the campaign by emailing your MP. There is nothing inevitable about Council Tax rates. Together, we can bring pressure for change<\/strong>. We have created a very easy to use template letter on our website where you just enter your postcode and click send. You can find all of this\u00a0\u00a0by clicking here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks so much for helping us in the fight for tax justice<\/p>\n

Every blessing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Justin<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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PS As part of our campaign, we are changing our monthly newsletter so that it comes in this much shorter format each week instead of the longer format each month. We hope that\u2019s OK. If you want to unsubscribe you can do at any time. If this is the first email you\u2019ve received for a while check your junk for our previous emails<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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