Decision details

The Cabinet will be asked to review options for the Council Tax Support Scheme for 2024/25 and agree arrangements for consultation on the preferred scheme.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)   Endorse, subject to the outcome of recommendation (ii) below, the recommended ‘income banded discount’ CTS scheme (Model 1) as set out in sections 2.10 to 2.13 of the report, as the Council’s draft proposed replacement CTS scheme for 2024/25;

(ii)   Agree to the commencement of public consultation on the proposals to replace the current CTS scheme for 2024/25 with an income banded discount scheme; and

(iii)  Note that following the public consultation, the final proposed CTS scheme for 2024/25 shall be determined by the Assembly in early 2024.