Council tax warning: Thousands of Britons forced to repay £150 after blunder | Personal Finance | Finance

Although around 80 percent of British households are eligible for a Council Tax rebate of £150 to help with energy bills, some residents in bands E to H have received the rebate in error.

Some 3,000 residents in Lincolnshire were sent the refund last week but will have to pay it back and have been told it will be automatically deducted in July.

It’s not the first time councils have made mistakes processing the rebates – around 33,000 residents in Swale, Kent were affected by an error processing payments in May.

Another 25,000 households in Leeds were paid the council tax rebate twice in April, the Mirror reports.

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