Get help paying your council tax

Council tax support helps you to pay your bill if you are unemployed or on a low income.

The amount of council tax support you receive is deducted from your council tax bill.

To qualify for council tax hardship relief you must:

be a council tax payer
be suffering severe financial difficulties and unable to pay your council tax
be suffering severe financial difficulties because of an extreme event or natural disaster, for which there is no existing help towards paying your council tax