Issue - decisions

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet scheme, with the modification of all the following options, be revised:

a.    The CTS for households with children be increased to 100% and for other households be increased to 85%.

b.    The earnings disregard to Universal Credit claims be removed.

c.    A standard £10 rate for non-dependant deductions be introduced.

d.    A minimum award of £1 per week be introduced.

e.    The Upper capital limit to £10,000 be reduced.

f.     The three-month review with a threshold for changes in Universal Credit, with discretion for flexibility be replaced to £30 per week.

g.    Uprating amounts for 2025/26 be uprated in line with DWP.

2.    That Cabinet’s decision be recommended to Full Council.

3.    That approval for the 2025/26 final scheme policy, including administrative and minor changes, be delegated to the Section 151 Officer in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance.

4.    That the possibility to introduced an Exceptional Hardship Fund to operate alongside the Council Tax Support scheme be determined.

5.    That, subject to recommendation 4, decision on the fund budget and scheme detail be delegated to the Section 151 Officer, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance.

RESOLVED:

1.    That the modification options, presented in section 6 within the report, be noted;

2.    That options A (i) and B – H, as outlined in section 6.3 within the report, be consulted upon; and

3.    That the consultation, and delegated oversight of the consultation approach to the Section 151 Officer in conjunction with the Portfolio Holder for Finance, be approved.