Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 4444
Council Tax: Single People
Tabled: 5 September 2024
Answered: 11 September 2024
Question
Paula Barker
Labour — Liverpool Wavertree
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of the single-person council tax discount on (a) under-thirties and (b) pensioners.
Answer
Jim McMahonThe Government currently has no plans to reform council tax. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement in which we are engaged.