Petition · past parliament

Require local councils to offer a 50% single person discount for council tax

Closed 55 signatures

What the petition asks

Most councils offer a single person discount for adults living alone of 25%. The Government should require that a 50% discount is offered.
As published on the government's own website, a full Council Tax bill is based on at least 2 adults living in a home. As such, a single person discount for adults living alone should only logically be 50%, as one adult is half of two adults as a minimum - no increase is made to Council Tax for additional adults over and above the two adult minimum therefore single adult occupants are being overcharged and unfairly penalised for not having another adult in the household to help pay the bill.

Timeline

22 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
22 Jul 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 55
Status Closed
Opened 22 Jan 2021
Closed 22 Jul 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.