Taxpayers have been left furious after footing a £200,000 bill after a council made a minor printing error.

Bristol City Council dispatched 239,143 letters last month to clarify a "typographical error" on this year's council tax bills - despite the mistake having absolutely no effect on the amounts households are required to pay.

Furious bill payers were left asking why the council relied on postal letters rather than email, and what the legal obligations actually required.

Council tax payments include small precepts for the Avon Fire Authority and the Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset. This year these precepts rose by five per cent for the commissioner and 5.9 per cent for the fire authority.

However, the council mistakenly stated the figures the wrong way round on i

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