Council Tax Support Scheme consultation 2025

Consultation closes: Wednesday, 7 January 2026
Consultation opened: Wednesday, 26 November 2025

While we've proposed changes to some aspects of Local Council Tax Support, there are several key areas that will remain the same. These include:

• support for pension-age residents: this is still set by national rules and is not affected by local schemes
• disabled disregards: this is additional income that is not counted and this area of support remains in place
• income-banded scheme: the way people are assessed for support (the applicant’s income is assessed and placed into a band to determine the discount they will receive) will not change
• non-dependent deductions: there will continue to be no extra amounts that some adults living in a household may have to contribute towards Council Tax
• capital limits: people who have over £16,000 in savings will continue to not be entitled to Local Council Tax Support