Issue - meetings

For the previous two years, the Council has agreed a scheme that worked as though the old council tax benefit regulations were still in place (previously known as “the default scheme”) meaning no one in the borough was worse off.  Funding for this local scheme was fixed at a rate of  10% less than what was previously awarded in council tax benefit. The amount taken account of within the 2014/15 Local Government Finance settlement  (LGFS) was £10.609m.

This report recommends that the Council continues to absorb the initial  10% reduction and in effect develop a local scheme that mirrors the previous council tax benefit scheme. This means that still, no one in the authority will be worse off.

7.12pm - The report and recommendation were formally moved for adoption by the Cabinet Member for Finance, Councillor Max Schmid.

The report and recommendation were put to the vote:

FOR                         unanimous

AGAINST                0

NOT VOTING         0

The report and recommendation were declared CARRIED.

7.12pm RESOLVED:

That the Council continues to award a council tax discount as though the Council Tax Benefit regulations were still in place, meaning that no one currently in receipt of council tax support will be worse off.