In an incredibly welcome step, the government has announced a £150 council tax rebate for households which are in council tax bands A-D from April that will not need to be repaid.
This will benefit 95 per cent of all homes in Burnley and Padiham and is aimed at providing help with household fuel bills. On top of this rebate, the government has given councils, including Burnley Borough Council an extra £144 million to use how they see best to provide support vulnerable people and those on low incomes that do not pay council tax, or that pay council tax for properties in Bands E-H.
Here in Burnley, Padiham and all our surrounding villages this translates into £150 in April for over 40,000 households. This is especially welcome as the Labour / Liberal Democrats coalition who run the council just increased our council tax by the maximum possible.
This is in addition to £12 billion in government support to help with the cost of living this year:
National Living Wage increased to £9.50 an hour, a boost of £1,000 per year
Fuel Duty frozen for the 12th year in a row, saving motorists £1,900 since 2010
Free Childcare doubled to up to 30 hours, worth £5,000 per child every year
TV Licence Fee frozen at £159 for two years
Winter Fuel Payments now worth £2 billion, helping 11.4 million pensioners
Cold Weather Payments providing £25 extra a week for 4 million people
Universal Credit taper rate reduced and putting on average £1,000 extra in pockets of 2 million families
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