Bolton Council’s cabinet has approved plans to award a 100 per cent council tax discount for young people leaving local authority care
CARE leavers between the ages of 18 and 21 will no longer have to pay council tax.
Bolton Council’s cabinet has approved plans to award a 100 per cent council tax discount for young people leaving local authority care.
Cllr Linda Thomas, the council’s deputy leader, said: “We need to remember that these young people are our responsibility until they are able to stand on their own.”
Implementing the scheme is expected to cost the council less than £50,000 in 2017/18.
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