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Council Tax: Single People

Asked by Clive LewisLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 10 October 2024UIN 6316

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of removing the Council Tax discount for single people.

Answered by Jim McMahon

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

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