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Originally Posted by Kizzy

There has been no council tax benefit since 2013

You've got the wrong end of the stick on that one Kizzy, CTB was replaced by a council tax reduction (of up to 100%) depending on circumstances. All it means is that rather than getting extra benefit per week to pay the council tax bill, you simply get a reduced (or zero) bill in the first place.

A single mother of two children under 18, in Newcastle, living in council accomodation would be on 100% council tax reduction.

I'm not being a Tory here Kizzy, you're fighting the wrong battle. My point is not that there isn't a massive poverty problem to address and horrendous things happening with disability - a bad ATOS assessment that took 18 months to appeal, I am 100% convinced, contributed to my own mother dying at 59.

My point is that these messages MUST be accurate. They have to be air tight. Because the holes are where people who do want to demonise those on benefits or advocate reductions will start picking and trying to unravel it.