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

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

Housing

• Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases (8 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a0fb17ca-9d69-40e1-ad44-3f9bb9278898&utm_content=daily.

• Newham Council's severe maladministration finding by the Housing Ombudsman (8 December 2023)

          https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/newham-councils-severe-maladministration-finding-by-the-housing-ombudsman?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7b36b926-3ca6-4c93-bd84-f6be3a97d84f&utm_content=daily.

• Stevenage Borough Council's severe maladministration finding by the Housing Ombudsman (8 December 2023)

         https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stevenage-borough-councils-severe-maladministration-finding-by-the-housing-ombudsman?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=99e0e2f2-0fda-4638-b895-193fa011b757&utm_content=daily.

• Manchester City Council's severe maladministration findings by the Housing Ombudsman (8 December 2023)

          https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/manchester-city-councils-severe-maladministration-findings-by-the-housing-ombudsman?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4d63340e-149b-46a3-b64a-7eb7c04acfe6&utm_content=daily.

• Social Housing Quality Resident Panel: wave 2 reports (7 December 2023)

            https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-housing-quality-resident-panel-wave-2-reports?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=cacb958f-a9df-4010-aeb8-6c1db80157e9&utm_content=daily.

• Housing and planning data collection timetable for data providers (7 December 2023)

         https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-and-planning-data-collection-timetable-for-data-providers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f6ca652a-7d5b-4339-b8c2-737cac3e8818&utm_content=daily.

• Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases (6 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/modern-leasehold-restricting-ground-rent-for-existing-leases?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9b7f8982-90d5-4687-addb-5f749ed548b5&utm_content=daily.

• Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (5 December 2023)

        https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/single-homelessness-accommodation-programme?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=daf8238a-4969-4277-83c2-e36104f16af4&utm_content=daily.

• Make Things Right: campaign toolkit (4 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/make-things-right-creative-assets?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7c7d0017-6aa9-4d61-811f-b15d06ce95c5&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Elections Act New Burdens funding methodology (8 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/elections-act-new-burdens-funding-methodology-voter-identification-and-accessibility?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f38bbab0-075f-483d-b2e7-b71a0d81a75c&utm_content=daily.

• Local growth funds (8 December 2023)

          https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9460/.

• Live tables on local government finance (7 December 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=3a57cb40-1cc6-4a58-8cec-fe95562e5a3c&utm_content=daily.

• Local government finance policy statement 2024 to 2025 (5 December 2023)

            https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-policy-statement-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e979798b-c521-4456-8073-6a63dde36528&utm_content=daily.

• Michael Gove, Secretary of State, questioned by Levelling Up Committee on financial distress in local authorities (5 December 2023)

           https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/198831/michael-gove-secretary-of-state-questioned-by-levelling-up-committee-on-financial-distress-in-local-authorities/.

• Local Authority Urgent and Emergency Care Support Fund 2023 to 2024: grant determination (4 December 2023)

           https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-urgent-and-emergency-care-support-fund-2023-to-2024-grant-determination?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8d85ecd0-5877-4dd6-91ac-79c237fdabc3&utm_content=daily.

Non-Domestic Rate

• Business rates: Reliefs and grants (5 December 2023)

  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9360/.

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

Miscellaneous

• N/A

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.