I am a lodger and a pensioner claiming income support and don’t pay council tax but my landlady is trying to make me pay £15 a week council tax; is she allowed to do this?
Since you’re a lodger, as opposed to a householder or a tenant, you’re not liable to pay council tax. However the rent agreement you have with your landlady is likely to include an amount for the council tax payable on the building, along with things like water rates and heating. The short answer is that your landlady is entitled to increase your rent, subject to any agreement you might have, for whatever reason, be it an increase in the council tax she has to pay or any other increase in her overheads.