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Report from Cabinet meeting on 18 December 2024

Meeting: 29/01/2025 - South Holland District Council (Item 76)

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To consider the recommendations of the Cabinet in respect of:

 

·       Local Council Tax Support Scheme 2025/26

 

(report of the Cabinet enclosed).

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to the report of the Cabinet which sought approval for the Cabinet’s recommendations.

 

Local Council Tax Support Scheme 2025/26

 

The Portfolio Holder for Finance presented the report which had been presented and discussed fully at Cabinet.

 

DECISION:

 

That, as recommended from Cabinet, Full Council approve the following:

 

That the Local Council Tax Support Scheme 2025/26 be revised with all of the following modification options:

 

a.    Increase the maximum CTS for households with children to 85%.

b.    Remove the earnings disregard to Universal Credit claims.

c.     Introduce a standard £10 rate for non-dependant deductions.

d.    Increase Lower and Upper capital limits.

e.    Increase the threshold for changes in Universal Credit to £30 per week, with discretion for flexibility.

f.      Uprate in line with DWP uprating amounts for 2025/26.