Radon in Hyndburn

Andrew Plant, 23 August 2021

The most up to date information regarding Radon mapping in the United Kingdom, is held openly on Public Health England’s Radon site, which provides Radon potential in 1Km grid square […]

Business and Employers

Andrew Plant, 23 October 2020

The government has announced a number of schemes to help businesses in this difficult time. Below we have listed some of these with the relevant links if you wish to […]

Council Tax

Sue Yates, 3 March 2020

Council Tax is a national system of paying a tax towards local services. It was introduced in 1993 and is collected in Hyndburn by us as a billing authority. We [...] Read more

Council Tax Support

Andrew Plant, 5 December 2019

Hyndburn’s Council Tax Support Scheme Council Tax Benefit was abolished in April 2013 and replaced with a local scheme known as Council Tax Support. Council Tax Support is similar to […]

Who Can Currently Claim Housing Benefit?

Andrew Plant, 1 February 2018

Please Read The following Information Carefully Before Starting Your Online Claim Form. We are no longer accepting claims for Housing Benefit unless you fall into one of the following categories: [...] Read more

Universal Credit

Sue Yates, 11 January 2018

Universal credit is part of the Government’s Welfare Reform. It is a new benefit that has replaced 6 existing benefits with a single monthly payment if you are out of […]

Benefit Fraud Investigations

Andrew Plant, 23 February 2017

Benefit Fraud Investigations – Report a Benefit Fraud You can report suspected Housing Benefit fraud in three ways – 1. By telephone Contact the National Benefit Fraud Hotline on 0800 […]

How to Pay Your Council Tax or Business Rates

Sue Yates, 3 February 2017

Council Tax and Business Rates is usually payable in 10 monthly instalments. We have got some flexibility with payment dates and can also allow you to spread payments over 12 […]

Welfare Reform Changes April 2013

Andrew Plant, 3 February 2017

From 1 April 2013 many of the Government’s Welfare Reform changes will take place and this will affect a number of households in Hyndburn. Information on the various changes is […]

Benefits and National Fraud Initiative

hbcadmin, 3 February 2017

The Council is required under Part 6 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 to participate in National Fraud Initiative (NFI) data matching exercises. Data is processed in accordance […]