vahid-ahmadi · Oct 8, 2026 · Oct 1, 2026 · Oct 1, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026
diff --git a/changelog.d/ctr-per-family-scheme.fixed.md b/changelog.d/ctr-per-family-scheme.fixed.md
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+Assess each family that claims Council Tax Reduction under its own scheme and its own non-dependant exemption, so in a shared-rent household a working-age sharer no longer takes the pensioner scheme because the household head's family is pension-age (or the reverse), and one claimant's disability no longer exempts another's claim from non-dependant deductions.
diff --git a/..._uk/tests/policy/baseline/gov/dwp/pension_credit/state_pension_credit_qualifying_age.yaml b/..._uk/tests/policy/baseline/gov/dwp/pension_credit/state_pension_credit_qualifying_age.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     is_SP_age: false
     is_pension_credit_eligible: true
     is_uc_eligible: false
-    council_tax_reduction_household_has_pensioner: true
+    council_tax_reduction_pensioner: true
     is_benefit_cap_exempt_other: true
     # SI 2000/729 reg 2(1)(i): 200 for a person under 80 not in residential care.
     winter_fuel_allowance: 200
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     is_SP_age: false
     is_pension_credit_eligible: false
     is_uc_eligible: true
-    council_tax_reduction_household_has_pensioner: false
+    council_tax_reduction_pensioner: false
     is_benefit_cap_exempt_other: false
     winter_fuel_allowance: 0
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		Assess each family that claims Council Tax Reduction under its own scheme and its own non-dependant exemption, so in a shared-rent household a working-age sharer no longer takes the pensioner scheme because the household head's family is pension-age (or the reverse), and one claimant's disability no longer exempts another's claim from non-dependant deductions.