BURNLEY Council is seeking views on a proposed change to its council tax support scheme.

The scheme offers a means tested reduction in council tax for those on low incomes and council bosses could introduce a scheme for bills to be slashed..

It is being proposed that the council should reduce the minimum payment for working age claimants of council tax support by 2.5 per cent over two years, so it will reduce by 1.5 per cent in 2020/21 and by a further 1 per cent in 2021/22.

This would mean in a household of two or more people in a Band A property where the annual bill is £1,278.50, anyone claiming the full ammount of council tax support would pay £191.78 instead of the current £223.74.

In order to implement the proposal, the cost to the council is estimated to be about £26,000 a year by 2021.

But bosses plan to meet the cost by a council tax premium charged on properties which have been empty long term.

The consultation is open now and will run until 5pm on November 29.