Changes to council tax benefit From April 2013 the council will be responsible for a new local version of what was council tax benefit (CTB) The Government is reducing the money available to Councils for this by 10%, for Brighton and Hove this is about £2.5million The final scheme has not been agreed yet – public consultation has ended, everyone of working age who gets CTB at the moment was written to and invited to take part in the consultation.
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