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Treatment of War Pensions in the calculation of Housing Benefit
Meeting: 02/11/2021 - Cabinet (Item 86)
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The Cabinet is requested to consider the report and make the following resolution:
That the content of the report be noted and that it be determined that war pensions continue to be fully disregarded as a source of income by the Council when assessing claims for Housing Benefit.
Decision:
RESOLVED
That the content of the report be noted and that it be determined that war pensions continue to be fully disregarded as a source of income by the Council when assessing claims for Housing Benefit.
Minutes:
Cllr Wilding introduced the item. Mrs Rodgers added that in 2014 the Council had signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant which the resolution would support.
In a vote the following resolution was agreed
RESOLVED
That the content of the report be noted and that it be determined that war pensions continue to be fully disregarded as a source of income by the Council when assessing claims for Housing Benefit.