NEWSLETTERS

The latest newsletters (including the Council Tax Information Letter published on 30 March 2023 and the Non-Domestic Rate Information Letter published on 31 March 2023) can be found at:-

• Council Tax: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-information-letters.

• Non-Domestic Rate: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-rates-information-letters.

COLLECTION RATES

England

• 2022/23
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/collection-rates-for-council-tax-and-non-domestic-rates-in-england-2022-to-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6fafec69-1f5b-4c06-8dcd-28cf2a0475b8&utm_content=daily..

Scotland

• 2022/23
  https://www.gov.scot/news/council-tax-collection-statistics-2022-23/.

GOV.UK ALERTS

Council Tax

• Proposals to exempt categories of dwellings from the council tax premiums (6 July 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposals-to-exempt-categories-of-dwellings-from-the-council-tax-premiums?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=639b4c5d-0572-4d37-b348-b186c99ae987&utm_content=daily.

• Why am I paying an empty homes premium on my council tax? (4 July 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/why-am-i-paying-an-empty-homes-premium-on-my-council-tax/.

Housing

• N/A

Local Government Finance

• Simplifying the funding landscape for local authorities (4 July 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplifying-the-funding-landscape-for-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=cbf31998-e7eb-4678-8335-fb84561fe1a9&utm_content=daily.

• Office for Local Government: Understanding and supporting local government performance (4 July 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/office-for-local-government-understanding-and-supporting-local-government-performance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5e39e350-dab2-4c76-9e06-040c7fa9df18&utm_content=daily.

Non-Domestic Rate

• National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2020 to 2021 (7 July 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils-in-england-2020-to-2021?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f1818465-10c4-4b72-a577-6a20441b5ccc&utm_content=daily.

• National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2019 to 2020 (6 July 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils-in-england-2019-to-2020-provisional-data?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=17eb0ed4-0800-42ee-8a02-6558d0237c03&utm_content=daily.

• Business Rates Avoidance and Evasion: Consultation (6 July 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/business-rates-avoidance-and-evasion-consultation?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c671c84d-636f-4866-9335-0d760a84ef67&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• DLUHC: workforce management information, May 2023 (6 July 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-workforce-management-information-may-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9c141521-a6ca-4eca-985c-437eb7a410ee&utm_content=daily.

• Best value standards and intervention - a statutory guide for best value authorities: consultation (4 July 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/best-value-standards-and-intervention-a-statutory-guide-for-best-value-authorities-consultation?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e0d80158-5589-4602-bc39-7b9ca8144588&utm_content=daily.