The report recommended two changes to the current Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme (LCTR) for 2021/22.

This would introduce additional support for apprentices and introduce a general 'variation' to the Council Tax Reduction scheme to allow the Council to increase / change the levels of bands / discounts within the scheme where there is an emergency situation, such as COVID for example.

The revised scheme to include these two additional elements will be subject to approval by Ordinary Council on 13 January 2021 in line with the requirement for approval of a scheme by 31 March 2021.

Public consultation on a revised scheme was undertaken from 5 October 2020 to 15 November 2020.

After a full discussion, Cllr Hossack MOVED and Cllr Parker SECONDED the recommendations in the report.

A vote was taken and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY.

Members were asked:

R1 That the revised Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2021/22, as set out in Appendix A of this report, be recommended to Ordinary Council for approval.