Might have posted something like this already – apologies if I have.
CLG’s business plan at 1.1 on page 7 http://www.number10.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/CLG-Business-Plan1.pdf suggests that we will need to wait until December for a Bill to be introduced to create a local scheme framework.
I really worry about capacity to respond to that in terms of procurement of systems, data take on (if necessary), scheme design (and without each and every one of us doing it how is it local ?) before April 2013. This isn’t intended to be an exhaustive list of concerns.
You will probably also be worried about 2012 for lots of other reasons including:
LHA reductions for protected folk (8,500 here)
Data take on for number of bedrooms for all social rented sector
IB to ESA reassessment will be well under way
Lots of other stuff in the R&B world, including Localisation of Business Rates, centralising fraud work, etc etc
There really is no room for slippage on a local CT relief scheme as we can’t realistically expect Gov to keep CTB and operate a CTB scheme that takes Universal Credit into account as Income, although I accept that might have to happen if UC goes live in Oct 2013 and local CT relief misses it’s deadline.
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