Residents in a Nottinghamshire borough could be eligible for more council tax support in the next year as the costs of living continue to present challenges and cause hardship for millions of people across the UK. The support comes on top of the council tax rebate which was recently paid out.
Gedling Borough Council says it is planning a discretionary discount of up to £30 for eligible taxpayers across the borough. The authority had already provided an additional £23 to some eligible residents on top of the £150 rebate recently paid out as part of the first wave of government support to counteract soaring fuel, food and energy prices.
As part of its response to Covid 19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Government provided local authorities in England with a hardship grant to support economically vulnerable people and households. Gedling Borough Council says the total grant funding allocated to itself was £873,000 and this was used in full during 2020/21 and 2021/22 to deliver relief to council tax payers via an approved scheme of discretionary discounts.
