Council Tax Reduction schemes in England 2022/23

May 18, 2022 – Phil Agulnik Karen Holmes

Our 2022 review of the Council Tax Reduction (CTR) schemes in England looks at the changes local authorities have made to their CTR schemes for 2022/23. It draws comparisons with previous survey results to discover trends in the type of CTR schemes being introduced by LAs. Read the blog for a summary of our findings and to access the full report.

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Increasing the National Insurance threshold does little to help benefit claimants

March 25, 2022 – Phil Agulnik

Our Director shares his thoughts on the Chancellor's NICs announcement at this week's Spring Statement. Most benefit claimants will see zero impact, many workers claiming Universal Credit will get around half the benefit other workers will enjoy and, for some, the increase in their net income will be even less.

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Our annual review suggests about £15 billion of benefits remain unclaimed each year

February 25, 2022 – Phil Agulnik

In our latest review of the amount of income-related benefits being left unclaimed by those entitled to them, our director Phil Agulnik explains why we decided to provide two methodologies in this year’s report - one with Universal Credit and one without.

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