MHCLG to consider funding for local council tax services

摘要

Funding for Local Council Tax support schemes will be considered as part of the review of needs and resources, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has said.Senior Government officials have privately backed up town and parish councils that have complained about billing authorities not passing down their share of the money.But after lobbying from the District Councils' Network for Whitehall to allow decisions to be made 'locally by districts in consultation with parish and town councils,' local governmentminister Rishi Sunak said council tax support would be considered as part of the fair funding review, which is due to be implemented in2020/21.