Legislate for a council tax discount for all pensioners
I feel that current council tax rates do not take pension incomes into account. This means some pensioners are having to pay what I think is a very significant percentage of their pension towards council tax.
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 10,000/10,000 · reached
Debate threshold (100,000) · 11,201/100,000
- 06 AUG 2025Petition closedFinal total: 11,201 signatures
- 06 AUG 2025Government respondedHM TreasuryGovernment reply
The Government requires councils to provide council tax support so the lowest-income pensioners do not pay council tax. There are no plans for a mandatory council tax discount for all pensioners.
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- 06 FEB 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
When many pensioners have worked for 50 odd years, paid into a pension, bought their own house, then retire on a lower income, I do not think they should have to pay such a significant amount of council tax.