COUNCIL TAX REDUCTION SCHEME SUPPORTS 32,000 SOUTH LANARKSHIRE HOUSEHOLDS

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COUNCIL TAX REDUCTION SCHEME SUPPORTS 32,000 SOUTH LANARKSHIRE HOUSEHOLDS

New figures released this month reveal that 31,970 households across South Lanarkshire were supported by the SNP Government’s Council Tax Reduction Scheme in June 2020.

Across Scotland, almost 500,000 Scots received the support in June, with the number of local households in receipt of the Council Tax Reduction rising by 1,840 since April of this year.

The scheme provides financial support to low income households – saving South Lanarkshire families an accumulated £423,000 a week in June.

Commenting, Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey said:

“With many families struggling to get by in the face of this pandemic, the Scottish Government is supporting almost half a million households with their council tax bill.

“In June alone, the Council Tax Reduction scheme has helped 31,970 households right here in South Lanarkshire.

“While the UK Government is gearing up to prematurely end the furlough scheme, and throw thousands of Scottish jobs on the scrap heap, the Scottish Government is standing up for low income households across Rutherglen and Cambuslang by relieving some of the financial pressures caused by coronavirus.”

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Further information:

	No. of CTR recipients June 2020	No. of CTR recipients March 2020	CTR Weekly income forgone est. (£’000s) June 2020
	A	B	C
SCOTLAND	497,960	469,370	7,334
Aberdeen City	14,220	13,720	214
Aberdeenshire	13,240	12,020	192
Angus	9,010	8,530	115
Argyll and Bute	7,130	6,580	117
City of Edinburgh	36,310	32,740	564
Clackmannanshire	5,540	5,020	76
Dumfries and Galloway	14,240	13,280	198
Dundee City	18,310	17,340	260
East Ayrshire	13,660	12,920	197
East Dunbartonshire	5,930	5,490	102
East Lothian	7,060	6,710	110
East Renfrewshire	4,590	4,240	80
Falkirk	12,970	12,550	169
Fife	30,410	29,570	425
Glasgow City	93,410	87,580	1,492
Highland	18,230	16,690	276
Inverclyde	9,940	9,620	138
Midlothian	6,160	5,990	103
Moray	5,850	5,460	83
Na h-Eileanan Siar	2,160	2,100	28
North Ayrshire	17,450	16,820	253
North Lanarkshire	37,550	35,730	496
Orkney Islands	1,410	1,270	19
Perth and Kinross	8,340	8,090	129
Renfrewshire	19,660	17,830	292
Scottish Borders	9,110	8,370	123
Shetland Islands	1,160	1,070	15
South Ayrshire	10,450	10,390	167
South Lanarkshire	31,970	30,130	423
Stirling	5,650	5,420	89
West Dunbartonshire	11,360	11,370	171
West Lothian	15,510	14,760	217