Have your say on the Council Tax Reduction Scheme

We are consulting on proposed options for a revision of the Council Tax Reduction Scheme and are asking local people to take part in our survey.

Following central Government's abolition of Council Tax Benefit in 2013, Councils have designed local schemes to provide financial support to working-age residents. Redbridge Council currently operates a banded scheme, details of which are available in our Council Tax section.

The Council, like all other authorities, continues to face additional budgetary pressures, including the rising costs in energy and fuel charges, inflation, and a reduction in funding. Despite this, and although Central Government does not fully fund our Council Tax Reduction scheme, the Council knows this support is vital to many residents and wants to support those most in need.

Currently, the Council’s scheme supports over 17,000 households with their Council Tax liability at a cost of 19.76M for the year 2023/2024.

The opinion of our residents is essential to us, so we would like you to have your say on the Council’s proposals for the Council Tax Reduction scheme for financial year 24/25.

In proposing these options, full consideration has been given to:

• The simplicity and stability of the current scheme for working-age residents.
• Ongoing support for residents through the cost-of-living/ financial crisis.
• Continued support for residents to become financially resilient.
• Striking a balance between the need to provide financial stability to residents while also maintaining a scheme that is economically sustainable for the Council’s wider budget.

More information, details of the options for the scheme, and the survey are available on Let's Talk Redbridge.

We are listening and would appreciate you taking ten minutes to complete