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COUNCIL TAX

EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas

Poorer areas tend to offer less council tax support than more affluent areas more than a decade after the policy was localised, fresh analysis shared with The MJ has revealed.

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Poorer areas tend to offer less council tax support than more affluent areas more than a decade after the policy was localised, fresh analysis shared with The MJ has revealed.

Social policy, software and analytics firm Policy in Practice, which carried out the analysis, found that just over half (53%) of English councils reduced the maximum award in their council tax reduction (CTR) schemes.

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