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Potential Industrial Action - Friday 6 October

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is preparing for planned industrial action. This is for UNISON members employed by the council.

This is in relation to a pay dispute relating to the pay award for 2023/24. If the issue is not resolved, UNISON intend to take strike action on 6 October and commence an ongoing period of work to rule from Monday 9 October. 

If industrial action does go ahead, we will have to delay green bin and bulky waste collection services on Friday 6 October to allow us to prioritise collecting your household and recycling waste. Garden waste collections that were due on Friday 6 will be moved to Saturday 7 if the action is taken by UNISON.

Most of our services will be delivered as normal, and you can stay up to date with all the latest information about any disruption to services. 

Benefits

What is Second Adult Rebate?

If you do not get Council Tax Support based on your own circumstances you may be able to get Second Adult Rebate.

Who can claim?

You can claim Second Adult Rebate if you are of State Pension Credit age only and someone (other than your partner) aged over 18 lives with you. The second adult(s) will normally be an adult son(s), daughter(s) or other relative(s) or friend(s).

We cannot award Second Adult Rebate if the other adult(s) living with you pays you rent on a commercial basis. That is, they have a rent book or tenancy agreement or pay you for board and lodgings.

The second adult must also not be a disregarded person for Council Tax. This includes being:

  • a full time student

  • on a Youth Training scheme

  • treated as severely mental impaired

  • a carer.

For more details on Council Tax discounts and disregarded persons go to our Discounts, Exemptions and Disregards page.

As the Council Tax payer you must also be the only person responsible for the Council Tax where you live. If you have a partner you cannot claim a Second Adult Rebate unless your partner is also a disregard person for Council Tax.

How to claim?

The person responsible for Council Tax must be the person who claims and complete our online Second Adult Rebate claim form.

When you claim Second Adult Rebate we must also see the following details:

  • proof of the National Insurance number for the person claiming

  • two items to prove the identity and residence of the person claiming at the property address

  • income details for each second adult who lives with you (for example: wage slips, Department for Work and Pensions payment books or award letters, interest on any savings they have).

How much Second Adult Rebate can you get?

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Second Adult Income % reduction of CT bill
Income Support or JSA (IB) 25%
Total gross income of all second adults of less than £220.00 per week 15%
Total gross income of all second adults between £220.00 to £287.99 per week 7.5%
Total gross income of all second adults over £288.00 per week NIL

Better buy calculation

In some cases the claimant may be entitled to Council Tax Support in their own right and Second Adult Rebate for someone living with them. In these cases we will award the higher of the two support entitlements.

Changes of circumstances

Once you start to receive Second Adult Rebate from us, you must tell us straight away of any changes to your circumstances that may change your entitlement. You can report change in your circumstances on our Change of Circumstances page.