Agenda item

Report of the Group Director of Operations

The Group Director of Operations submitted a report (previously circulated) which requested that the Council Tax Support (CTS) scheme for 2024-25 be approved.

The submitted report stated that Councils are required to set a CTS scheme each year, and as part of that exercise they must consider whether any changes should be made to any existing scheme, and, where changes are made, consider what transitional protection, if any, should apply to anyone affected by those changes. The submitted report outlined the details of the proposed CTS scheme for 2024/25.

RESOLVED – (a) That the contents of the report be noted.

(b) That the CTS scheme for 2024-25, as appended to the submitted report, be approved.

REASONS - (a) The Council is required to publish a local CTS scheme for 2024-25 by 11 March 2024.

(b) The CTS schemes since 2013 have all been implemented successfully without any major challenges.

(c) The continued application of a reduced entitlement for working aged people is still appropriate, given the current financial position of the Council.

(NOTE: The Mayor used her discretion to vary the Agenda, and took the items at Minute 45 and Minute 46 prior to Minute 44).