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Council tax, £1000s back? Money-piphany, energy bills

The Martin Lewis Podcast

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Can You Get a Discount on Council Tax?

There are a lot of different categories where you pay less than the full council tax. The single person's discount means that if you're the only adult living in your house, you pay 75% of the council tax rate. You may be able to claim it on a council by council basis or backdate it for some cases. There are 800,000 pensioners eligible for pension credit who do not receive it. If you've adapted your property for somebody with a disability,you could drop a council tax band as Sibyl got in touch. And then I get to the big one,  I'm very passionate about because it affects some of the most vulnerable people in our country.

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