Residents were provided with three potential new models for the delivery of a Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme.
41% of respondents were in favour of Scheme 1, and 32% preferred 'none of the above'.
The current scheme will be retained for 2019/20 while further information and analysis is collected about the rollout of Universal Credit.
Considerations were given to making amendments to the Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme, and a consultation was carried out to which 500 people responded. However, it was considered, at this early stage of Universal Credit rollout, that further information and analysis would be necessary to develop an optimum new scheme which best meets the Council’s objectives. Therefore, the Council has decided to retain the current scheme for a further year to allow time to do so.
This means that the Council will:
Redbridge Council are considering modifications to the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for working age households for 2019/20 and 2020/21. We would like to hear your views on these proposed changes.
In April 2013, the government abolished Council Tax Benefit and asked local Councils to design their own Council Tax Reduction Schemes for working age claimants. Since April 2013, Government funding for the Council Tax Reduction Scheme has reduced year on year. The cost of the scheme is £2.5m more than the grant received from the Department for Work and Pensions. The Council do not pass this cut in full on to users of the scheme and instead subsidise the scheme to provide the current level of support, which means we have less to spend in other areas.
Additionally, we need to:
A final decision will be made by full Council in January 2019.
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