Council tax support could rise: have your say by 19 November
Warrington is consulting on more help for its lowest-income working-age households, alongside changes intended to make bills easier to manage.
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Warrington Council proposes increasing maximum council tax support from 78% to 86.5% for the lowest-income working-age households. That would lower the minimum contribution from 22% to 13.5%.
The proposed scheme would start on 1 April 2027. The council also wants to reduce repeated bill changes caused by small fluctuations in Universal Credit. Pension-age applicants would remain under the national scheme.
Residents can read the proposals and respond through the council’s consultation page until 5pm on 19 November 2026. These are proposals, not an adopted change; individual entitlement has not been assessed here.
Where this report comes from.
Checked the council’s consultation page on 21 October 2026. It displays 16 October without identifying publication versus update. This report summarises the proposal; the full draft was not independently analysed.
- Warrington Council: proposed Council Tax Support Scheme 2027–28warrington.gov.uk · Source publication time not supplied
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