A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to ‘abolish’ Council Tax for people receiving State Pension payments. Petition creator, Brian Hildersley, proposes that Council Tax should be abolished as some pensioners are spending ‘around 30 per cent’ of their State Pension income on the household bill.
Basic and New State Pension payments will increase this week by 10.1 per cent for some 12.6 million older people across the country, including around one million living in Scotland. The uprating means that those on the full New State Pension will see payments increase from £185.15 to up to £203.85 each week and those on the Basic State Pension will see weekly payments rise from £141.85 to up to £156.20 - how much someone receives depends on their National Insurance contributions.
The ‘Abolish Council Tax for State Pensioners’ petition, has recently been posted on the official petitions-parliament website. At 10,000 signatures the UK Government will respond and at 100,000 it would be considered for debate by MPs.
