Council Tax benefit to be axed
The Government's Welfare Reform Act 2012 (WRA) abolishes council tax benefit from April 2013. Councils can operate their own replacement scheme, but will get 10% less cash with which to do it. In Wiltshire the impact of the changes will mean a shortfall of £3.5million compared with current budgets. The Government says councils should make cuts to other services to maintain benefits at current levels, but allows other options including cutting benefits. Wiltshire Council has decided to do this.
17 Aug 2012
