A flagship Conservative-run local authority says it will plough on with the current council tax benefit scheme for residents in the borough – and will pick up the tab for doing so.
The Government is abolishing the current scheme where councils receive rebates on the financial support they provide. Instead, communities secretary Eric Pickles has told them to come up with their own schemes from next April, cutting expenditure by 10% and handing them the grant to administer it.
It has also told th...
