Council tax benefit

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About Council Tax Benefit

About Council Tax Benefit

Information about what Council Tax Benefit is, how it is worked out and how to claim it

How much you will get

How much you will get

Working out how much benefit you are likely to be able to claim for

How it is worked out

How it is worked out

How Council Tax Benefit is worked out

Queries and appeals

Queries and appeals

How to query your Council Tax Benefit decision or appeal

Claim Council Tax Benefit

Council Tax Benefit is assessed at the same time as Housing Benefit and they share the same form.

The How to claim page tells you everything you need to know to make a claim.

Contact

If you have any questions about Council Tax Benefit please email benefits@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone 01223 457762.

You can also visit the customer service center at Mandela House on Regent Street.

We can provide the following help:

  • assistance with completing application forms
  • photocopying and verifying documents
  • interviews to establish identity
  • interviews for Discretionary Housing Payments
  • welfare benefits information

You can also get independent advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau.

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