Three-quarters of local authorities in England plan to put up council tax for the poorest households, often by hundreds of pounds, new research reveals.
From
April local authorities in England will take control of a previously
national scheme of subsidies for the hardest up families, usually with
no working adults or those working on the minimum wage – at the same
time as funding for the scheme is cut by 10%.
The Resolution Foundation
thinktank surveyed councils and found that while some planned to make
savings from other budgets, 74% said they would have to make households
that did not previously pay any council tax start paying some of the
bill, and/or reduce discounts to low-income working households.
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