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.

GOV.UK ALERTS

Council Tax

• Council Tax base calculation (28 September 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-base-calculation?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ed3f40da-babc-40bd-b31b-052ae23369c8&utm_content=daily.

• Council tax: FAQs (26 September 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn06583/.

• Council tax: empty properties (26 September 2023)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02857/.

Note: Further alerts on Council Tax can be found under the section ‘VALUATION OFFICE AGENCY / SCOTTISH ASSESSOR / LAND AND PROPERTY SERVICES (NI)’.

Housing

• Housing supply: indicators of new supply, England: April to June 2023 ​(28 September 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-supply-indicators-of-new-supply-england-april-to-june-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b5954b15-314d-468e-924f-63574272db3f&utm_content=daily.

• Live tables on housing supply: indicators of new supply ​(28 September 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e82752f5-7de5-428f-b9f5-7591dc819fd5&utm_content=daily.

• Consultation on directions to the Regulator of Social Housing: tenant rights and complaints ​(27 September 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-directions-to-the-regulator-of-social-housing-tenant-rights-and-complaints?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=23777c8a-7bf5-483b-a302-0b1bd750978d&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Financial management in government: strategic planning and budgeting (27 September 2023)
  https://www.nao.org.uk/insights/financial-management-strategic-planning-and-budgeting/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=.

Non-Domestic Rate

• 3/2023: The Non-Domestic Rating Bill (28 September 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/32023-the-non-domestic-rating-bill?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=367f6764-0d82-4253-a682-9d7e164ad720&utm_content=daily.

• Technical adjustments to the Business Rates Retention System in response to the Non-Domestic Rating Bill (28 September 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-adjustments-to-the-business-rates-retention-system-in-response-to-the-non-domestic-rating-bill?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=74bcba04-8bd1-4c88-b869-b4f2dfdc5c1f&utm_content=daily.

Note: Further alerts on Non-Domestic Rate can be found under the Section ‘VALUATION OFFICE AGENCY / SCOTTISH ASSESSOR / LAND AND PROPERTY SERVICES (NI)’.

Miscellaneous

• Long-Term Plan for Towns: towns selection methodology note​ (1 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/long-term-plan-for-towns-towns-selection-methodology-note?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ce74ff5e-1114-4b6c-aafd-ecdffb91f25c&utm_content=daily.

• Our Long-Term Plan for Towns (1 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-long-term-plan-for-towns?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7d8a90f2-0cff-4dc9-bc84-1b6e05b07a3c&utm_content=daily.

• DLUHC: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, January to March 2023 (27 September 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-january-to-march-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=be742bbf-287f-4916-8820-85dbf69c7a71&utm_content=daily.

• DLUHC annual statement on research integrity, 2022-23 (25 September 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-annual-statement-on-research-integrity-2022-23?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3a613e0c-aa77-4866-8712-a6bcfbca5a82&utm_content=daily.

COLLECTION RATES 2022/23

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

• Wales
  https://www.gov.wales/council-tax-collection-rates-april-2022-march-2023. 

ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2022/23

The Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23 of DLUHC can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=82082024-f2a4-4d37-979f-a8bf13af6582&utm_content=daily.