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Council to write off £3.5m debts Council writes off £3.5m bad debt
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Cash-strapped Aberdeen City Council looks set to write off bad debts totalling £3.5m. Cash-strapped Aberdeen City Council has written-off bad debts totalling £3.5m.
The move, which includes unpaid rents and housing benefit overpayments, will be considered by a committee which will meet on Tuesday afternoon. Opposition parties had called on council leaders to pursue the debt, which includes £1.68m in unpaid council house rent.
The council is also prepared to scrap £845,000 in unpaid business rates and £481,000 in unpaid council tax.
The local authority, which is making budget cutbacks of £50m over two years, approved the multi-million pound write-off at a meeting on Tuesday.
The figure equates to about 1% of the money collected each year by the local authority through council tax, rates and rent.The figure equates to about 1% of the money collected each year by the local authority through council tax, rates and rent.
The opposition Labour group has attacked the plans.The opposition Labour group has attacked the plans.