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  Local Government Finance Bill - Clause 8 - Move from Council Tax Benefit to Council Tax Reduction Schemes
  
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  @ MP voted aye to move from a national council tax benefit to a system of local councils administering council tax reductions for those in financial need. 
  @ MP voted no against moving from a national council tax benefit to a system of local councils administering council tax reductions for those in financial need. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to move away from a national council tax benefit to a system of local councils administering council tax reductions for those in financial need. This localisation of council tax support was expected to reduce expenditure on such support by 10%[1].
  
  MPs were voting on the motion: 
  
  :That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  
  The clause in question was clause 8[2] of the Local Government Finance Bill[2].  
  
  The saving expected was Â£410 million per year. 
  
  * [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0265/en/2012265en.htm Explanatory notes to the Local Government Finance Bill as introduced]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0265/cbill_2010-20120265_en_2.htm#pb2-l1g8 Clause 8 of the Local Government Finance Bill as at the time of the division]
  * [3] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/localgovernmentfinance.html Parliament's webpage on the Local Government Finance Bill (now the Local Government Finance Act 2012)]
  * [4] [http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA12-013.pdf Localising support for council tax - updated impact assessment - 11 June 2012 (produced after the vote)] 
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