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Council Tax: Single People

Asked by Paula BarkerLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 11 September 2024UIN 4444

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of the single-person council tax discount on (a) under-thirties and (b) pensioners.

Answered by Jim McMahon

The Government currently has no plans to reform council tax. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement in which we are engaged.

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