Council tax benefit paying more since changed to UC

bevieo

Trying to get some advice about the council benefit and why we now pay so much, been told it’s wrong but council benefit people won’t change the amount don’t know where to go for more help

Kimi87

Council Tax Reduction is decided on at a local level and each local authority has different rules for this meaning it's very hard to advise on individual cases from here.

Some areas do treat UC differently to legacy benefits and some people have seen an increase in the amount of CT they have to pay.

I'd recommend getting advice from a local welfare rights organisation who should be familiar with the local scheme.

https://advicefinder.turn2us.org.uk/