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City of Doncaster Council is the local authority of the City of Doncaster, a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. Prior to being awarded city status in 2022 the council was called Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council. The council is based at the Civic Office in Waterdale, central Doncaster. It is one of four ...
Council Tax Benefit was a means-tested rebate that potentially rebated 100% of a claimant's Council Tax bill. The rebate would be reduced by a fifth of any qualifying income above a certain level; benefits did not qualify for this calculation, but most other income did. In effect, Council Tax Benefit was a rebate for people with low incomes.
A leaflet explaining the Community Charge (the so-called "poll tax"), Department of the Environment, April 1989. The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax" or "head tax"), with the precise amount being set by each local authority.
The LHA system is a form of housing benefit administered, along with council tax benefit, by the local authority in whose area the property being rented lies. For those areas where there is two-tier local government Housing Benefit is administered by the district or borough council layer of local government.
The City of Doncaster Council is the local authority for Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. The council is elected every four years. The council is elected every four years. Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor .
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The Commission felt that this, along with evidence that the council had not been well run for 15 years, was leading to a loss of public confidence. [9] The Commission's report was issued in April 2010. It found that Doncaster was a dysfunctional authority and that there were three factors preventing the council from providing good governance: [10]
Doncaster Local Election Result 1998 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour: 12 -3 57.1 Independent: 4 +2 19.0 Liberal Democrats: 3 +3 14.3 Conservative: 2 +1 9.5 Others 0 -3 0