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Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2016/2017

08/12/2015 - COUNCIL TAX REDUCTION SCHEME 2016/17

The Executive resolved as follows:

 

  1. To recommend to the Council to agree to continue to operate a Discretionary Discount Policy for Council Tax to be awarded in cases of exceptional hardship as set out at Section 3 of Appendix 2a, to the Executive report. 

 

  1. To recommend to the Council that the reduction applied to Working Age claimants remains at 27.11% for the 2016/17 Scheme and that the main elements and method of calculating awards previously agreed by Council on 21st  January 2015 will remain the same.