Decision details

Local Council Tax Support

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL

 

1.    The current Local Council Tax Support scheme be reviewed and considered to be brought in line with recent welfare reforms and changes to Housing Benefit legislation. (Appendix 1 and 2).

 

2.    That the recommendations relating to limiting the support for families to two children for new claims and births after 1st April 2017, (mirroring the changes to Tax Credits) so that any subsequent children born after April 2017 will not be eligible for further support, be adopted into the Local Council Tax Support scheme from 1st April 2017. This is alongside changes to Housing Benefit legislation.

 

Report author: Jon Topping

Publication date: 07/12/2016

Date of decision: 07/12/2016

Decided at meeting: 07/12/2016 - Cabinet

Effective from: 15/12/2016

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