Council tax set to shrink for more residents in city

COUNCIL LOOKING TO EXTEND SUPPORT SCHEME FOR THOSE ON LOW INCOMES

- By ZENA HAWLEY

ASCHEME designed to ensure people on low incomes pay reduced amounts of council tax could be extended to include more households - and they would all pay even less than now.

Currently, Derby City Council's council tax support (CTS) scheme is limited to properties in Band A and everyone who receives CTS must pay at least 30% of their bill.

The city council is looking into ways to extend this support.

The proposal is to increase the property cap from Band A to include Band B and reduce the required contribution from 30 per cent to 20 per cent, meaning that eligible residents would pay a smaller portion of their council tax bill.

The current cost of the CTS scheme for 2024-25 is more than £14million.