How the LCTS scheme for 2014/15 was agreed

From 31 March 2013, the Government ended Council Tax Benefit as part of its Welfare Reform Act and it has been replaced by a new local scheme called Local Council Tax Support (LCTS), which has been designed and run by each council. Government funding allocated to councils for LCTS fell to below 90% of its previous Council Tax Benefit spend.

• Read the Council Tax Benefit Reforms Leaflet (PDF) [333KB]
   

How the Scheme was agreed

Following consultation Uttlesford District Council changed its proposals which were considered at the Full Council at the meeting on 10 December 2013 .

The document below contains the rules for the 2014/15 Scheme:

• Uttlesford District Council - Council Tax Reduction Scheme Policy 13a and Schedule 1a of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (PDF) [1MB]

Download Adobe Reader
The viewer that is needed to display the pdf document(s) is free and may be downloaded from the Adobe Website.