Speaking for myself, I would not bother having a direct debit payment set up with Ealing Council for Council Tax payments. Just pay what you legally have to pay, at a PayPoint shop, or through the bank/building society on a monthly basis, as best as you can.
The wilfully inept (it seems) Labour run Ealing Council used to have a Council Tax paying in machine in Perceval House. They could not even maintain that, it seems. Myself, I associate the Labour Party with patronising authoritarian (mis)managerialism, and also disingenuous virtue-signalling. |