they can take anything whether you say it belongs to tom dick or harry, it is up to the owner to prove they own it afterwords

as its a council debt they have more powers then if it was a private debt, part of the law looking after its own, no baliff can force their way into your home without a warrant

if the baliff has been in the house once then they can go in through window unopened door etc but if they havent been in the house then they cant do that