Issue details

Cabinet considered the report and RESOLVED (unanimous) to:

1.    Note the responses to the consultation on the Council Tax Support Scheme

2.    Note the continuation of the discretionary Council Tax Hardship Policy

3.    Recommend that Full Council agrees a local Council Tax Support Scheme for Peterborough that contains the following local components:

a)    No change to the existing scheme reduction of 30% for all eligible working age claimants

b)    To keep the scheme mirroring the Housing Benefit scheme as much as possible, the following amendments are also proposed:

·         to limit the award of Council Tax Support based on a maximum of 2 children;

·         to provide protection to existing claims that already include more than 2 children;

·         to make provision for more than 2 children in the applicable amount where the child tax credit calculation includes additional children; and

·         to disregard earnings from part-time fire fighters and payments from the infected blood payment scheme.

c)    To amend appropriate rates in line with annual upratings