Petitions/Legislate for a council tax discount for all pensioners
StatusClosed
Opened6 Feb 2025
Closes6 Aug 2025
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones 10,000

I feel that current council tax rates do not take pension incomes into account. This means some pensioners are having to pay what I think is a very significant percentage of their pension towards council tax.

When many pensioners have worked for 50 odd years, paid into a pension, bought their own house, then retire on a lower income, I do not think they should have to pay such a significant amount of council tax.

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Government response

The Government requires councils to provide council tax support so the lowest-income pensioners do not pay council tax. There are no plans for a mandatory council tax discount for all pensioners.

Constituency engagement ranking

Fred Thomas
1Fred Thomas MP
Plymouth Moor View
52
Alison Hume
2Alison Hume MP
Scarborough and Whitby
40
Gill German
3Gill German MP
Clwyd North
40
Lorraine Beavers
4Lorraine Beavers MP
Blackpool North and Fleetwood
37
Susan Murray
5Susan Murray MP
Mid Dunbartonshire
37
Anna McMorrin
6Anna McMorrin MP
Cardiff North
37
Simon Hoare
7Simon Hoare MP
North Dorset
35
Mr Mark Francois
8Mr Mark Francois MP
Rayleigh and Wickford
35
Richard Tice
9Richard Tice MP
Boston and Skegness
34
Martin Wrigley
10Martin Wrigley MP
Newton Abbot
34
Legislate for a council tax discount for all pensioners — Petitions