Greenwich’s poorest residents will need to have less than £2,000 in savings if they want help paying their council tax bills, according to a policy outlined this week. The Labour-run council voted earlier this year to remove an exemption from the charge that had been in place since 2020 to save £1.1 million each year. […]
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Poorest Greenwich residents set to lose their council tax exemption
Thousands of Greenwich borough’s poorest residents are set to lose their exemption from council tax bills as part of the council’s £33 million programme of cuts. Since 2020, about 15,000 working-age residents on low incomes have been given a 100 per cent discount on their council tax. Before that a maximum of 85 per cent […]
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