Money And Benefits
This area of our website contains information on the following services:
Benefits
Financial help towards you paying your rent and/or council tax
Council Tax
Information on current tax levels
Grants
Information on finding sources of funding for groups and individuals.
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Money and Benefits News
On Wednesday this week (27 February 2008) at Huntingdon Magistrates Court four people were sentenced for benefit fraud offences following investigations into their claims for housing and council tax benefit by Huntingdonshire District Council.
Huntingdonshire District Council is taking part in a national fraud investigation scheme designed to ‘weed out’ people who are falsely claiming a single person’s discount off their council tax.
Council tax payers in Huntingdonshire will pay an extra 11 pence a week for the wide range of services they receive from the district council is a recommendation from its cabinet is approved
On Friday 11 January 2008, at Peterborough Crown Court, Michael Getchell (52) of High Street, Ramsey was sentenced following guilty pleas to six counts of benefit fraud between 2002 and 2005.