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 valuation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) (27 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/council-tax-valuation-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation-hmos?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0d749220-6c58-4d07-9adb-35cf9c41ab76&utm_content=daily.

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

Housing

• Letter from Secretary of State to Islington Council (21 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-secretary-of-state-to-islington-council?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9aeebd55-2f00-4b0a-b7d9-7ffd192bf929&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England: 2022 to 2023 final outturn (26 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2022-to-2023-final-outturn?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e75a70fc-c27a-4d16-a847-f223e7b3104c&utm_content=daily.

• Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England: 2022 to 2023 individual local authority (26 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2022-to-2023-individual-local-authority-data?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ef8e1dc1-2271-420e-a238-db1a500657d6&utm_content=daily.

• Local government pension scheme funds for England and Wales: 2022 to 2023 (25 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-government-pension-scheme-funds-for-england-and-wales-2022-to-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0626e301-5af2-47a1-acee-28874dd3a88e&utm_content=daily.

Non-Domestic Rate

• Non-Domestic Rating Bill (Royal Assent) (27 October 2023)
  https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3442.

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

Miscellaneous

• Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Royal Assent) (27 October 2023)
  https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3155.

• Office for Local Government: next steps and new draft metrics (26 October 2023)  
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/office-for-local-government-next-steps-and-new-draft-metrics?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b5fe3c51-abf9-4902-9438-fb75ae0c6d76&utm_content=daily.

• Freeports Programme in Wales: set up and delivery phase guidance (25 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/freeports-programme-in-wales-set-up-and-delivery-phase-guidance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d139d7d7-b32c-4fb8-9cc5-6c6e75b4071b&utm_content=daily.

• Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan (25 October 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-action-plan?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d328c039-ca10-455e-8953-ff35ae1dadbc&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.