Poorest could be hardest hit by council tax changes
- The government is cutting the amount of money it spends on council tax benefit by ten per cent
- From April, council tax benefit will be abolished and councils will be responsible for administering its replacement called the Council Tax Reduction Scheme
- Councils have to decide whether to absorb the ten per cent cut, or make the poorest people, who tend to be those who are eligible for the benefit, pay
- Six million families receive council tax benefit, but pensioners are excluded from the change, meaning just over three million benefit
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