Council Tax Support (CTS) is a benefit that gives people on low incomes a reduction on their council tax bill. CTS replaced Council Tax Benefit (CTB) in 2013, when support for paying council tax in England was localised. Each local authority now has its own CTS scheme. Since then, the level of council tax debt has more than doubled. We see this in the people coming to us for help; nearly half of our debt clients who receive CTS are still in council tax debt.
