No council tax for care leavers

18 October 2017

A charity has backed the Scottish Government’s decision to exempt care leavers from council tax.

Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced the policy at the Scottish National Party conference after it emerged that 21% of Scotland’s care leavers become homeless within five years.

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