Opposition councillors have repeated calls to Northumberland County Council's Conservative administration to cover the entire council tax bills of the county's most vulnerable residents.
In 2019, the council reduced the maximum level of relief on council tax for working-age claimants from 100% to 92% - and have faced calls on an annual basis to reinstate the higher rate of support ever since.
While Labour councillors called on the council to restore the full level of support, Conservative members and senior council officers explained that other support set to be offered would go further than that.
