Issue details

Exceptional Hardship Fund - Section 13A (1) (a) Policy

 

 

This document was classified as: OFFICIAL 

The purpose of the report sought Executive approval to change the, recently confirmed, Exceptional Hardship Fund policy. This would enable the Council to ensure recipients of Council Tax Reduction were not adversely affected by an increase in income following the removal of the two-child restriction which had previously applied within Universal Credit. 

 

Decision type: Key

Reason Key: Both (expenditure > £250,000 and affects 2 or more wards);

Decision status: For Determination

Wards affected: (All Wards);

Notice of proposed decision first published: 02/04/2026

Anticipated restriction: Public  -

Decision due: 13 May 2026 by Executive

Lead member: 7) Executive Member for Finance

Lead director: Corporate Director of Finance

Contact: Janette Savage, Head of Resident and Business Support Email: Janette_Savage@middlesbrough.gov.uk.

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