The London borough of Richmond says it is facing a £1m cut in the funding it receives to help low-income families with their council tax and is calling on the Government to integrate the benefit into Universal Credit.
Town halls across the country are facing the challenge of taking on the responsibility for devising new council tax benefit schemes whilst managing the Government’s decision to cut the funding provided for such schemes by 10%.
The benefit - which is claimed by nearly 6 mill...
