A petition calling for council tax to be abolished for people claiming their State Pension will receive an official response to the proposal. The online petition has received more than 12,300 signatures of support - more than the 10,000 required to receive a reply from the UK Government - however, Parliament is in recess until April 17, which means that may not come until later next week.
Petition creator, Brian Hildersley, proposes pensioners should be exempt from paying council tax as some are spending ‘around 30 per cent’ of their State Pension income on it. The removal of the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme has also put pensioner households under additional pressure this month, as reported by the Daily Record.
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.
