Issue - meetings

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services presented a report on the proposal to retain the existing Council Tax Support Scheme and a £50,000 discretionary hardship fund, in order to continue to support local residents who found themselves in exceptional hardship.

Following comments, the Cabinet Member explained that the fund would be monitored and reviewed quarterly and that given that it was fully expended in the current financial year, it could be increased in the future on the basis it represented an invest to save proposal as it potentially supported people not to fall into arrears. 

The Assembly resolved that the Council Tax Support Scheme implemented for 2019/20 be retained for 2020/21.

The Cabinet Member for Finance, Performance and Core Services introduced a report on the local Council Tax Support (CTS) Reduction Scheme for 2020/21.

The Cabinet Member advised that while the fundamentals of the scheme would be unchanged from 2019/20, the £50,000 budget to support those in exceptional hardship would be kept under review and could be increased if deemed appropriate.

Cabinet resolved to recommend the Assembly to agree that the Council Tax Support Scheme implemented for 2019/20 be retained for 2020/21.