NEWSLETTERS

The latest newsletters 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 information letter 4/2023: Updates on HMOs, Homes for Ukraine and infected blood compensation (23 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-information-letter-42023-updates-on-hmos-homes-for-ukraine-and-infected-blood-compensation?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=07c0e10a-8394-4df0-bc54-96c0ab1bbee7&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

• N/A

Local Government Finance

• Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2021 to 2022 final outturn (23 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2021-to-2022-final-outturn?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3709c4c0-c40a-4de1-ac7a-df1d9c6e72bd&utm_content=daily.

• Government must act now to fix crisis in local audit, say MPs (24 November 2023)
  https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/198578/government-must-act-now-to-fix-crisis-in-local-audit-say-mps/.

• Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2021 to 2022 individual local authority data – outturn (23 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2021-to-2022-individual-local-authority-data-outturn?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=69b92de1-1374-4660-a07a-aa77784e3a74&utm_content=daily.

• Live tables on local government finance (23 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9e593e4a-ec68-48fb-b1bc-03e4af61b54a&utm_content=daily.

• Live tables on local government finance (23 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=669b973f-92f6-48f2-a561-23ebc1eb3ff8&utm_content=daily.

• Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Next steps on investments (22 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-pension-scheme-england-and-wales-next-steps-on-investments?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6a061a26-535c-4396-8342-40abdb966491&utm_content=daily.

• DLUHC accounting officer assessments (22 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-accounting-officer-assessments?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b6f104c6-e67d-4b75-845f-d1e271123ae7&utm_content=daily.

• DLUHC accounting officer assessments (20 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-accounting-officer-assessments?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=17b3c26b-8334-4612-907a-c152f01ac9a8&utm_content=daily.

• ESF Action Notes: 2014 to 2020 programme (20 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esf-action-notes-2014-to-2020-programme?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=bd5bd3c9-7e83-494a-8b79-57de7d233684&utm_content=daily.

Non-Domestic Rate

• 5/2023: Autumn Statement business rates measures (23 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/52023-autumn-statement-business-rates-measures?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=837f2b46-f5de-4b2e-b9ff-36de7a1fc565&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

• Levelling Up Committee launches inquiry on the Office for Local Government (24 November 2023)
  https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/198638/levelling-up-committee-launches-inquiry-on-the-office-for-local-government/.

• DLUHC enabled spend statistics, 2021-22 and 2022-23​ (23 November 2023)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dluhc-enabled-spend-statistics-2021-22-and-2022-23?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=78e7b0da-b98f-483f-979b-205a5dd9dae1&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.