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Originally Posted by harwood red
National council tax benefit, which is calculated the same across all councils will come to an end next March and will be changed to a localised council tax allowance. This could be a nightmare and even more so create a postcode lottery as each council can set it's own remit on how it will work!!
Some councils have already announced that regardless of income a minimum of 10% of council tax must be paid by all and the rest will be means tested and an allowance awarded to those towards their council tax!
No noise from Hyndburn on how they are going to manage theirs but I do know that funding from the govt towards this has been cut dramatically
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So next April all those on benefits with a spare room can expect at least 10% rent increase and the rest 10% Council tax increase on top of that, can they also expect a means by which they will be able to pay this?
I, like the majority want to pay my way, I just wonder how I'll be able to, can't see a large amount of extra staff being needed by the companies struggling to survive at the moment.