Issue - meetings
London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council Tax Reduction Year Two
Meeting: 06/11/2013 - Cabinet - Expired (Item 10)
10 Council Tax Reduction Year Two 
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Additional documents:
- 10.1b App1 - CTR scheme summary, item 10
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- 10.1c App2 - Consultation Responses, item 10
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- 10.1d App3 - Tower Hamlets CTREIAV2, item 10
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Decision:
DECISION
1. To agree the proposed Council Tax Replacement scheme for 2014/15 for consideration by full council.
2. To note feedback on the public consultation on the proposed scheme for 2014/15.
3. To refer the scheme to full Council for agreement.
Action by:
ACTING CORPORATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES (C. HOLME)
(Head of Benefit Services (S. Hill)
Minutes:
Councillor Alibor Choudhury, Cabinet Member for Resources, introduced the report. He expressed support for the proposal to absorb the cost of the Government’s cut to its funding of the scheme saying that it was important to protect the poor and vulnerable from this cut.
Following a discussion where Members welcomed the proposals and suggested that other Boroughs be actively encouraged to adopt the same, the Mayor welcomed the report and the commitment shown to protecting the vulnerable and agreed the recommendations as set out in the report.
RESOLVED
1. To agree the proposed Council Tax Replacement scheme for 2014/15 for consideration by full council.
2. To note feedback on the public consultation on the proposed scheme for 2014/15.
3. To refer the scheme to full Council for agreement.