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Council tax support and two child limit
Does anyone know whether the two child limit has been imposed in their, or any other, council tax reduction schemes in England and Wales?
It hasn’t been introduced in Northumberland this year. Council tax reduction schemes should go out to consultation for changes and the timetable for getting to a position to set council tax means councils probably need to consult no later than autumn to change their scheme from April the following year. I expect that our scheme will change to include the two child limit from April 2018.
Of course, should there be yet another General Election or some unexpected decisions made by the current coalition of chaos…
Does anyone know whether the two child limit has been imposed in their, or any other, council tax reduction schemes in England and Wales?
Many LAs in England have applied a local two child limit - my very rough guess would be around 1 in 3 of them this year - with varying degrees of transparency, consultation and member involvment in the decision.
Not in Wales, though - I don’t think that LAs there have any discretion to apply such a restriction, do they?