A full review to ensure people claiming a 25 per cent council tax discount because they live alone is to be carried out by Plymouth City Council.
Approximately 40,000 Council Tax payers in Plymouth who receive this single occupancy reduction to their bill will be contacted over the next few months to make sure that the reductions are correct.
A review of Plymouth’s Council Tax Support scheme is underway nearly one year after its introduction with proposals to give more money back to residents.
The scheme, which has seen more than 16,000 households in the city affected, was introduced in April 2013 following government changes to the benefits system; part of the Coalition's welfare reform agenda.
Plymouth City Council is reminding residents struggling to pay their Council Tax bill there is a dedicated and skilled team ready to help them.
People who have fallen behind with payments and are worried because they are unable to bring their account up to date should contact the Council before additional charges get applied to their accounts.
Plymouth City Council is reminding residents to seek help with paying their Council Tax as many struggle to pay.
Due to the changes to the benefit system, implemented by the Government as part of their welfare reform agenda, everyone of working age is expected to pay at least 25 per cent of their Council Tax bill. This will affect 16,500 residents in Plymouth.
People living in Plymouth can access a ‘Money Advice’ booklet which the Council has produced with Plymouth Community Homes to help explain changes to the benefit system.
From 1 April 2013 the Government introduces the Welfare Reform Agenda which will have an impact on approximately 20 per cent of Plymouth’s working age residents. That’s around 16,000 households.
A dispersal order designed to tackle crime and anti social behaviour in the city centre, the waterfront, Union Street, North Hill and Mutley Plain will come into effect this month.
The order was requested by the police and signed this week as a delegated decision by Plymouth City Council’s Cabinet Member for Co-operatives and Community Development, Councillor Chris Penberthy....
Plymouth City Council are proposing to support a £5.12 million building project to help create hundreds of jobs in the city.
At their meeting on 12 March 2013, the Cabinet will be asked to consider whether the Council can act as guarantor for a loan so the Millfields Trust can redevelop a flagship building on Union Street. The proposals would see 50 new workspace units built in Block...
People in Stonehouse are being invited to have their say in shaping the future of Union Street.
The Union Street Big Conversation is being launched by Plymouth City Council on Monday 18th March. Residents and businesses are being asked to give their views on Union Street as it is today and help form a Community Vision for the future.
