URL: https://minutes.tewkesbury.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=8285

Decision Maker: Executive

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose:

Content: That it be RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL that: i.                the default Council Tax Reduction Scheme be adopted effective from 1 April 2025; ii.              there be a minor revision to the national working age regulations to allow for a de minimus tolerance for income changes of £10; iii.             where the Council has evidence of fraud and/or error, it reserves the right to withhold and/or recalculate Council Tax Support whether or not the customer is in receipt of a benefit administered by the Department for Work and Pensions; and iv.             authority is delegated to the Director: Corporate Resources, in consultation with the Lead Member for Finance and Asset Management, to agree the uprating of the working age regulations incorporated into the local Council Tax Reduction Scheme in line with those announced by the Department for Works and Pensions. 

Date of Decision: November 27, 2024