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November 2012 (Tax Notes International)
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News analysis: strange timing for changes to UK Council Tax Benefit Scheme
Type: External publications
Volume, issue, pages: vol. 68; p.554
Keywords: Council Tax Benefit

In a recent ministerial statement, the U.K. government announced a significant change to its plan to localise the council tax benefit (CTB) starting in April 2013. Why has such a significant change been announced to a policy two years after it was first announced, less than six months before councils will have to implement it, and after many have already consulted on the structure of proposed schemes?

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