The Law needs to be changed so that ALL people with a mental impairment receive Council Tax Discount at the point of GP Certification. Please sign this petition Require council tax discounts for dementia are backdated to the diagnosis date - Petitions
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According to the High Court the laws as they stand state that a person with Severe Mental Impairment can only receive Council Tax discount or exemption when they also are receiving a qualifying benefit of either Attendance Allowance or PIP/DLA, which can be many years later. 255 out of the 382 UK councils hold back on the council tax discount until the person is in receipt of the qualifying benefit which means that only 25,000 out of the 177,000 people with dementia receiving council tax discounts receive it from the date of GP diagnosis.
Update the 1992 laws on #Dementia by signing this petition and re-sending . Thank you for your help. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614616
People over pensionable age with Dementia may qualify for Attendance Allowance of either £92.40 (Day and Night Time Attendance) per week or £61.85 (Day or Night Time Attendance) per week from April 2022. No Means Testing. See https://www.dementiaguidance.co.uk
People under pensionable age with Dementia may qualify for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) of either £92.40 (Enhanced Rate) per week or £61.85 (Standard Rate) per week from April 2022. No Means Testing. See https://www.gov.uk/pip
The present laws discriminate against people with #dementia. Please sign this petition to correct the laws and raise up to £1.58 Billion of council tax discounts for families with dementia. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614616
#Dementia is a terminal illness without any potential cure where medication can only slow down its progress yet most councils hold back discounts on council tax for up to 6 years. Please sign this petition for a change in the laws https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614616
177,000 #Dementia households are entitled to either a 25% or a 100% reduction in their council tax yet only 25,000 receive the full discount. Please sign this petition for a change in the laws. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614616
67% of UK councils hold back on giving a reduction in council tax of as much as £10,400 to families with #dementia. Please sign this petition to change the laws https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614616
There are 152,381 UK families coping with #dementia denied council tax discount of between £200 and £10,400 because they live in one of the 255 councils who do not give them their full discount. Please stop this discrimination by signing this petition. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614616
There are 1,008,375 UK people with #Dementia and each has friends, carers and relatives. That’s some 5 million people touched by dementia. Just 100,000 signatures can halt the discrimination of Council Tax Dementia laws. Please sign and resend, Thank you. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/614616
An MP has presented a petition to parliament to change the laws on Council Tax Discounts for people with Dementia. The petition requires that council tax disregards are backdated to the date a person was certified as being severely mentally impaired by their GP, where they then go on to qualify for a relevant benefit. It is imperative that MPs and MSPs on all sides present and support this petition so that both people with dementia and their mostly unpaid carers are recognised. Please ask your MP/MSP to give their support.
A petition presented to parliament asks for a change in the laws to give people with Dementia council tax discounts from the date they are diagnosed and no longer have to wait months or even years. Please ask your MP, MSP or MS to give their support to :- https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-06-16/debates/22061653000009/CouncilTaxDiscountsForDementia
A petition presented to parliament asks for a change in the laws to give people with Dementia council tax discounts from the date they are diagnosed by their GP and no longer have to wait months or even years. Please ask your MP, MSP or MS to give their support to :- https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-06-16/debates/22061653000009/CouncilTaxDiscountsForDementia by writing to them using https://www.writetothem.com/
Please ask your MP, MSP or MS to support the petition now with parliament to backdate council tax discounts for people with dementia to the date that they were first diagnosed be their GP, htps://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-06-16/debates/22061653000009/CouncilTaxDiscountsForDementia by writing to them using https://www.writetothem.com/
Please email your MP, MSP or MS and ask them to support the petition now with parliament to backdate council tax discounts for people with dementia to the date that they were first diagnosed be their GP, https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-06-16/debates/22061653000009/CouncilTaxDiscountsForDementia by emailing them using https://www.writetothem.com/ Please watch the GB News item https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjJkHTnI6i4
Only messages from people living within an MP’s constituency will be read by the MP. Please email your MP using https://www.writetothem.com/ and ask them to support the petition in parliament to help people with dementia https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-06-16/debates/22061653000009/CouncilTaxDiscountsForDementia
Because only messages from people living within an MP’s constituency will be read by the MP, it is important that you, please email your MP using https://www.writetothem.com/ and ask them to support the petition in parliament to help people with dementia https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-06-16/debates/22061653000009/CouncilTaxDiscountsForDementia