Issue details
Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme scrutiny challenge report
Following the Overview and Scrutiny challenge session on the council’s Local Council Tax Reduction scheme, this report contains the findings and recommendations from the scrutiny challenge, officers response and an action plan for the Mayor in Cabinet to consider.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 11/12/2018
Decision due: 9 Jan 19 by Cabinet
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Resources and the Voluntary Sector
Lead director: Corporate Director, Resources
Department: Resources
Contact: Neville Murton, (Corporate Director, Resources) Email: neville.murton@towerhamlets.gov.uk, Steve Hill, (Head of Benefits Services, Resources) Email: steve.hill@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Consultation process
A full public consultation on the changes to the Local Council Tax Reduction scheme (LCTRS) has taken place.
Consultees
All households were contacted and invited to participate in the consultation.
Has an Equality Analysis been carried out and if so the result of this Assessment?: The LCTRS was subject to a full equalities analysis when the scheme was introduced in 2017.
What supporting documents or other information will be available?: N/A
Decisions
- 11/01/2019 - Report of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme scrutiny challenge report
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