More than 500,000 residents in Scotland will be protected from moves to localise council tax benefit (CTB) and enforce a 10% funding cut next year, following agreement between the Scottish Government and the country's local authorities.
Under the terms of the arrangement, the Scottish Government will provide £23m and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities a further £17m to ensure 558,000 people in Scotland currently getting CTB payments remain unaffected by the welfare moves – which take effect from April 2013.
