Abolition of Council Tax Benefit
Council Tax Benefit will be abolished with effect from 31 March 2013 under the Welfare Reform Act. Local Councils will be given powers from April 2013 to operate their own scheme under proposals in the Local Government Bill. The government has stipulated that pensioners claiming council tax benefit will not lose benefit under the new localised system, which means that in effect the current system will continue to apply to pensioners alongside a new localised discount which will replace council tax benefit for working age claimants.
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