Agenda item

Report of the Director of Finance and Corporate Services enclosed.

RESOLVED:        That Council approve the following in    relation to establishing its Council Tax Reduction Scheme for the 2020/2021 financial year:

·      The Council Tax Reduction Schemes and Prescribed Requirements (Wales) Regulations 2013 as further amended by the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, be approved;

·      The retention of the existing discretionary elements in relation to the Prescribed Scheme, be approved:

(a)      That no increase in the backdate period for all claimants be applied from the standard 3 months contained in the Prescribed Scheme.

(b)      That no increase in the extended reduction period for all claimants be applied from the standard 4 weeks currently contained within the Prescribed Scheme.

(c)       Apply a 100% disregard for War Disablement Pensions, War Widows Pensions and War Widower’s Pensions for all claimants.