Decision details

Having considered an officer report and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia, the Mayor agreed that:

(1) a local discount of 100% be offered (after the award of any other qualifying

discounts / benefits) to Care Leavers up to the age of 25 from 1 April 2018.

(2) research and development of a policy which considers others groups of

Council Tax payers who could qualify for a discretionary Council Tax discount

in future years be undertaken;

(3) the current Council Tax reduction scheme be continued but to simplify the

budgeting arrangements by setting a fixed % for the scheme to be agreed by

Council as part of the budget setting process and consider on an annual basis

any savings it might want to make to the budget by changing the % alongside

other savings being considered.