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<p>The Department is currently working with the Council Tax Partnership Forum and
local authorities to identify appropriate and proportionate data for the independent
three-year review of the local council tax support policy.</p><p> </p><p>The timetable,
coverage, process for data collection and detailed terms of reference for the review
will be agreed and published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Spending on council tax
benefit doubled under the last Government, costing taxpayers £4 billion a year—equivalent
to almost £180 a year per household. Welfare reform is vital to tackle the budget
deficit by the last Administration.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to localise council
tax support now give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud,
promote local enterprise and get people to into work. We are ending the last Administration's
'something for nothing' culture and making work pay.</p>
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