You know what your users are searching for minute-by-minute, so why make them type it themselves? You know what key events are going to come up which will affect the council from week to week, so why make users go looking for information about those key events?
Do I owe the council money, or does the council owe me money? I think the council owes me money, but looking at the council tax online account portal it looks like I owe them so much money I should be expecting a knock on the door soon...