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 1/2024: Local Council Tax Support schemes for 2024-25 (19 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-information-letter-12024-local-council-tax-support-schemes-for-2024-25?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=95a71557-8292-4de5-b105-24f433554540&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

• Homelessness management information - Ukrainian nationals: England (19 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-management-information-ukrainian-nationals-england?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6ee9fe42-4ab1-49cb-a1a2-61546cad9df7&utm_content=daily.

• Consultation on directions to the Regulator of Social Housing: tenant rights and complaints (19 January 2024)
  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=2cc863bb-f242-4ce0-8a51-48aaf83e0a5d&utm_content=daily.

• Costs of a Home Building Fund loan (19 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costs-of-a-home-building-fund-loan?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7a28c1e3-06f0-4630-ace0-e84d325a0ba5&utm_content=daily.

• Social housing lettings in England, April 2021 to March 2022 (18 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april-2021-to-march-2022?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6cbeee8a-f3ed-4373-b154-3982882b0f05&utm_content=daily.

• First Homes scheme: template sales documents (18 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/first-homes-scheme-template-sales-documents?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f6326cf8-b017-43b5-8328-29d7dd1e4add&utm_content=daily.

• Housing First Pilot: national evaluation reports (15 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-first-pilot-national-evaluation-reports?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=189466e1-73db-4290-9cbf-dd09b1a50e03&utm_content=daily.

• Monetising the social benefits of reducing rough sleeping (15 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monetising-the-social-benefits-of-reducing-rough-sleeping?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6d44aad1-d27a-47c8-a94e-3d5a2c27bd79&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Rough sleeping funding: grant determination letter (19 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-funding-grant-determination-letter?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6da2b3b0-389b-457b-afca-4ab91a10e60e&utm_content=daily.

• Homes for Ukraine funding, July to September 2023 (18 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-for-ukraine-funding-july-to-september-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=98a01ba9-9433-43b7-a5b2-774bcaef9a1e&utm_content=daily.

• Rough sleeping funding: grant determination letter (18 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-funding-grant-determination-letter?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0a6efb25-472b-4a9e-91b7-adf021428707&utm_content=daily.

• Financial distress in local authorities – Levelling Up Committee Chair publishes response from Michael Gove, Secretary of State (17 January 2024)
  https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/levelling-up-housing-and-communities-committee/news/199467/financial-distress-in-local-authorities-levelling-up-committee-chair-publishes-response-from-michael-gove-secretary-of-state/.

• Local government finance: timetable of forms for local authorities (16 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timetable-of-forms-for-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4860e58a-9fe0-4f50-9331-bab2657f0602&utm_content=daily.

• Business Recovery Grant: irregular payments guidance for local authorities (16 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-recovery-grant-irregular-payments-guidance-for-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a58c7f47-91fc-4856-a0da-bb1c79cc8cc2&utm_content=daily.

• Business Recovery Grant privacy notice (16 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-recovery-grant-privacy-notice?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0357ce41-1592-46f5-9ed5-9f1d4a9051db&utm_content=daily.

Non-Domestic Rate

• N/A

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

Miscellaneous

• Letter from DLUHC Secretary of State to Ulster Rugby (18 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-dluhc-secretary-of-state-to-ulster-rugby?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9cb2a241-821f-4902-a6bf-df6b61e7a9bb&utm_content=daily.

• Criminal record checks for councillors: letters to local authorities and the Local Government Association (18 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-record-checks-for-councillors-letters-to-local-authorities-and-the-local-government-association?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=183698bc-a2d3-4afa-a0db-3e0bac3b2900&utm_content=daily.

• DLUHC enabled spend statistics, 2021-22 and 2022-23 (16 January 2024)
  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=c847dd60-78a9-4533-8304-d9aa4279229c&utm_content=daily.

• Register to vote if you're living abroad (16 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/register-to-vote-if-youre-living-abroad?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=604d2777-1850-4e33-a547-84175b87b24c&utm_content=daily.

• Apply to vote by proxy if you're living overseas (16 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-to-vote-by-proxy-if-youre-living-overseas?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b2bcc823-959a-4535-8dac-52657fe9e6d2&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=9061db36-db4b-4eb9-8343-1bd815766332&utm_content=daily.

VACANCIES

Deputy Director, Local Taxation and Pensions

The Local Government Finance (LGF) directorate is responsible for ensuring that the core elements of the local government finance system operate effectively and that councils have the funding they need to deliver the services that local residents rely on.

This key role sits in the local taxation and pensions team, at the heart of the Local Government Finance (LGF) directorate in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC). This is a politically high-profile role, responsible for making sure that DLUHC’s policy objectives are delivered in the policy areas of local taxation and providing effective stewardship of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). ​

Full details can be found at https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?SID=b3duZXI9NTA3MDAwMCZwYWdlYWN0aW9uPXZpZXd2YWNieWpvYmxpc3Qmc2VhcmNocGFnZT0xJmpvYmxpc3Rfdmlld192YWM9MTg5NDUzNSZ1c2Vyc2VhcmNoY29udGV4dD02NTQ5NDY1MyZzZWFyY2hzb3J0PXNjb3JlJnBhZ2VjbGFzcz1Kb2JzJm93bmVydHlwZT1mYWlyJnJlcXNpZz0xNzA1Njc0MzU2LTU0NzE1YzMxMmFmNzZiNzRlYzhkYTY5YTE2ZjZhZGJmMzU2ZTU0NWQ=.

Closing date for applications is 11.55pm on 7 February 2024.