Discretionary Relief

For more information, visit the Parkinson’s UK website (last updated July 2025).

Discretionary Relief is 1 type of Discretionary Payment. The 1992 Local Government Finance Act granted local councils the power to locally finance and pay Local Relief for your Council Tax bill if paying the bill is causing you ‘severe financial hardship‘.

Each council can decide how they award this relief, and who they give it to. Most councils don’t offer this help.