Local council tax support scheme consultation
Local council tax support (LCTS) scheme 2025 to 2026
The consultation to have your say on the LCTS scheme 2025 to 2026 has now closed.
The consultation was open from Monday 29 July 2024 to Monday 23 September 2024.
The consultation asked for views on the proposed scheme which involved maintaining all aspects of the current scheme except for the changes below:
- To replace the current earnings disregards of £25.00 and £17.10 per week with one standard earnings disregard of £45.00 per week
- To remove the ‘extended reductions’ element of the scheme
- To remove the childcare costs and disregard childcare element of Universal Credit from the calculation of Local Council Tax Support
- To disregard in full any Post Office Compensation Scheme payments
- To disregard in full any Vaccine Damage Payments
- To disregard in full any payments from the Infected Blood Inquiry
We will listen carefully to what residents tell us. The consultation results will be considered alongside other evidence and information at the Full Council meeting in November 2024 to make the final decision on the 2025/26 scheme.
Following the decision, the full results will be available on the council’s website.
The new scheme will start on 1 April 2025. The council will consider the impact of the scheme annually and consult again if it thinks further changes need to be made.