“What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on delivering rail service improvements.”
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Local Government and English Devolution (Jim McMahon)
The Government believe it is right that students are disregarded for council tax. If the only residents of a household are full-time students, the dwelling will be exempt. In the recently published fair funding review 2.0, the Government proposed to fully account for the impact of student exemptions in the distribution of the settlement.