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 		 			 	 						7 months 1 week ago				#301612 		by Actonjon 	  	 		 			 	    			 			 		 													
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  			 				just received my council tax bill live in London last zero to pay this time over £500
i on pip and esa support
 
i cannot afford this .
any help
the council number is a virtual response
  					i on pip and esa support
i cannot afford this .
any help
the council number is a virtual response
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 			 	 						7 months 1 week ago				#301617 		by David 	  	 		 			 					
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  			 				Hi Actonjon
 
This is a topical issue at present and it appears that Councils are trying to get extra Council Tax from disabled people around the UK. I have read the minutes of one Council Cabinet meeting that stated that some disabled people with relatively high Benefit payments should pay more even if they cannot work. The mayor in question agreed and said that if they couldn't afford the higher bill then they must apply for Local Welfare Assistance ( which is discretionary ).
There is more on this subject here--
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/kunena/10-dla-...ome-unchanged#301421
 
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  							This is a topical issue at present and it appears that Councils are trying to get extra Council Tax from disabled people around the UK. I have read the minutes of one Council Cabinet meeting that stated that some disabled people with relatively high Benefit payments should pay more even if they cannot work. The mayor in question agreed and said that if they couldn't afford the higher bill then they must apply for Local Welfare Assistance ( which is discretionary ).
There is more on this subject here--
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/kunena/10-dla-...ome-unchanged#301421
David
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 			 	 						7 months 1 week ago				#301620 		by Richard 	  	 		 			 	    	 			 		 													
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  			 				Unfortunately last my local council voted (Labour RUN the tories voted against it because it'll put upto 30000 into debt) , to implement a 50% reduction only so everyone has to pay no matter what money they earn. Unless their was People exempt – or disregarded – from paying council tax
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A full-time student in higher or further education studying for more than 21 hours a week and more than 24 weeks a year.ours went from zeo to over a thousand pounds I have to uee my pip to pay this bill.
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  					Aged under 18.
A prisoner, someone in detention awaiting deportation or detained under mental health legislation.
Severely mentally impaired.
A full-time student in higher or further education studying for more than 21 hours a week and more than 24 weeks a year.ours went from zeo to over a thousand pounds I have to uee my pip to pay this bill.
Hope this helps
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 			 	 						7 months 1 week ago				#301621 		by Bud 	  	 		 			 	    			 			 		 													
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  			 				It came up in the last budget didn’t it that we all have to pay something now?  I’d forgotten about it until we were billed last week.  We phoned up to query it &  got through to a real person within minutes, which was quite a shock.  They confirmed this.			
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 			 	 						7 months 1 week ago				#301623 		by David 	  	 		 			 					
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  			 				Hi Bud
 
I don't think this type of creative accounting with the Council Tax Reduction scheme was mentioned in the Budget. It is the prerogative of the individual Local Authority as to whether not to disregard certain types of Benefits income.
 
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  							I don't think this type of creative accounting with the Council Tax Reduction scheme was mentioned in the Budget. It is the prerogative of the individual Local Authority as to whether not to disregard certain types of Benefits income.
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 			 	 						7 months 1 week ago				#301636 		by Bud 	  	 		 			 	    			 			 		 													
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  			 				Hello David
 
So do we have to pay it or not?
 
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  					So do we have to pay it or not?
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