Should students pay Council Tax?

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Four students studying at Durham University received a surprise bill for Council Tax. They were billed hundreds of pounds for a period when no -one was living in the property over the summer. The local authority said that as students they were exempt from the tax but only when they were actually living there. Paul Lewis speaks to the editor of the Council Tax Handbook. First broadcast on Money Box, 19 January 2020.