Recommended
1. That Council agree,
effective from 1 April 2019, that 100% of all
income from War Disablement
or War Widows Pension be disregarded when
calculating entitlement to
Housing Benefit in line with the resolution at Appendix A of the report.
Decisions
2. That the Council Tax
Discretionary Discount Policy set out at Appendix B of the report be adopted.
3. That the Business Rates
Revaluation Support Scheme set out at Appendix C of the report be adopted.
4. That any underspend in
the government grant allocation of £243,000 be used to
provide additional support
for struggling businesses and that approval of such
cases be delegated to the
Executive Director - Corporate Development (S151) after consultation with the
Cabinet Member for Finance, Commercial and Assets.
5. That the Hardship Relief
Policy set out at Appendix D of the report be adopted.
6.
That the Discretionary Housing Payments Policy set out at Appendix E of the report
be adopted.
Reason
for Decisions
To ensure that a consistent
approach was taken in relation to the award of discretionary awards, discounts,
payments and reliefs.