Council Tax: Single People

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 11 September 2024.

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Photo of Paula Barker Paula Barker Labour, Liverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of the single-person council tax discount on (a) under-thirties and (b) pensioners.

Photo of Jim McMahon Jim McMahon Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

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

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