Issue - meetings
Council Tax Reduction Scheme - Cabinet, 4 November, 2019
Meeting: 09/12/2019 - Council (Item 103)
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The Council is recommended to amend the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for Wirral to:
(1) reduce the minimum amount payable for non-protected groups from the current 22% to 12%; and
(2) allow notifications in relation to Universal Credit to be treated as a claim for Council Tax Reduction.
(Cabinet minute 52 attached).
The Cabinet report can be viewed on the Council website here.
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Minutes:
The second matter requiring consideration was in relation to the Council Tax Reduction Scheme as recommended by Cabinet at its meeting on 4 November, 2019 (minute 52 refers).
On a motion by Councillor Janette Williamson, seconded by Councillor Pat Hackett, it was -
Resolved (55:0) (One abstention) - That the recommendation contained within minute 52 of Cabinet, 4 November, 2019, be approved as follows:
(1) the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for Wirral to reduce the minimum amount payable for non-protected groups be amended from the current 22% to 12%; and
(2) the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for Wirral be amended to allow notifications in relation to Universal Credit to be treated as a claim for Council Tax Reduction.