Council tax rebates for mental disability still going unclaimed

Awareness campaign helps severely mentally impaired receive little-known discountFamilies are claiming as much as £7,000 in council tax refunds thanks to an awareness campaign about a little-known discount for the severely mentally impaired (SMI).Someone who has been medically certified as having a permanent condition that affects their intelligence and social functioning (such as Alzheimer’s, but many other conditions apply) is “disregarded for council tax purposes” in E