Decision details

A new Council Tax support reduction scheme is proposed for implementation in 2023/24 which would change the contribution that some residents would make towards their Council Tax bill.  The Cabinet will be asked to approve consultation arrangements with residents and the principles for the appropriate policy and scheme changes.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Support the proposed Model 2 for the 2023/24 CTS scheme, which would reduce the minimum payment applied within the CTS scheme by 10% to 15%;

(ii)  Note that the above proposal shall be subject to public consultation and formal approval by the Assembly in due course; and

(iii)  Support the proposal to replace the current CTS scheme with a new ‘banded’ scheme for 2024/25 and authorise the Director of Support and Collections to commence consultation and the modelling process to enable the replacement CTS scheme to be implemented for 2024/25.