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Apply to your local council for Council Tax Reduction if you're on a low income or benefits - this replaced Council Tax Benefit
Check with your council if you're eligible for a discount on your Council Tax
Your Council Tax bill - how to work it out, who has to pay, discounts and exemptions for students and disabled people, second homes, empty properties, paying the bill and getting the Council Tax rebate.
You’ll need to know 3 things: the valuation band for your home in England…
You’ll usually have to pay Council Tax if you’re 18 or over. A full…
Households where everyone’s a full-time student do not have to pay Council…
You might be able to apply for a Council Tax discount or exemption if you…
You’ll usually have to pay Council Tax on a property you own or rent…
Your Council Tax bill tells you: how much you have to pay for the year how…
Information about Housing Benefit from your local council - apply to help pay your rent
Statistics on Housing Benefit including the numbers receiving it and the amount received. Includes Council Tax Benefit data to 2013.
This factsheet provides answers to the most frequently asked questions by households about the council tax rebate.
This manual is for the administration of the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit schemes by local authorities and housing authorities in Great Britain.
This collection brings together all documents relating to Localising Council Tax support.
Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.
Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim
How your local council can help if you're struggling to pay Council Tax - and what action they can take to get any money you owe from you
Adjudication circulars (A circulars) provide updates to the Housing Benefit guidance manual for local authority staff.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part A
Guidance to councils on the Council Tax Support Fund scheme.
This document provides some worked examples of how default scheme universal credit provisions operate.
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part C
Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit guidance: Part B
Speed of processing is a measure of the average time it takes to process a new Housing Benefit claim or a change of circumstance to an existing Housing Benefit claim.
Universal Credit can include help with housing costs - paying your landlord, what to do if you cannot pay your rent, other help you can get.
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