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Local council tax reduction scheme

Meeting: 01/12/2021 - Eastbourne Borough Council Cabinet (Item 35)

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Report of Director of Service Delivery

Lead Cabinet member: Councillor Alan Shuttleworth

Decision:

Recommended to Full Council (Budget and policy framework):

 

(1) To recommend to Full Council that the 2021/22 Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme is adopted as the 2022/23 scheme.

 

(2) That the Exceptional Hardship Scheme is continued in 2022/23.

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered the report of the Director of Service Delivery, seeking their recommendation to Full Council that the 2021/22 Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme is adopted as the 2022/23 scheme.

 

Recommended to Full Council (Budget and policy framework):

 

(1) To recommend to Full Council that the 2021/22 Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme is adopted as the 2022/23 scheme.

 

(2) That the Exceptional Hardship Scheme is continued in 2022/23.

 

Reason for decisions:

 

The 2022/23 scheme meets the principles of supporting the most vulnerable with the Exceptional Hardship Scheme providing an extra level of support for those most affected.