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

• N/A

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

Housing

• Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness (26 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/discharging-people-at-risk-of-or-experiencing-homelessness?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7e625b90-a082-4635-bbc5-6889352ea9bd&utm_content=daily.

• Live tables on social housing sales (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=42e791e8-f9cd-49db-9cf7-eceee5df0dd2&utm_content=daily.

• Mole Valley Council: Local Plan intervention letter (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mole-valley-council-local-plan-intervention-letter?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f23822ed-8f47-4793-bb2a-bc34ee4a7337&utm_content=daily.

• Housing supply: indicators of new supply, England: July to September 2023 (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-supply-indicators-of-new-supply-england-july-to-september-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=48569223-660c-4842-9648-3a55f931c63b&utm_content=daily.

• Live tables on housing supply: indicators of new supply (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d053214c-26cd-454e-9ecd-d680c9629e44&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Rough Sleeping Initiative: 2022 to 2025 updated funding allocations (22 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rough-sleeping-initiative-2022-to-2025-updated-funding-allocations?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0d9d9d96-ea75-40dd-b833-6e8da6e932a2&utm_content=daily.

Non-Domestic Rate

• National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2022 to 2023 (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils-in-england-2022-to-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fa7c1979-fcbc-4732-bd21-2f611011c9ea&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

• Devon and Torbay devolution deal (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/devon-and-torbay-devolution-deal?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=94341f70-937b-4a4b-8926-f0ec43a93fdf&utm_content=daily.

• Statement of Levelling Up Missions (25 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-levelling-up-missions?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0c2dd7cb-6348-4e52-81db-d9b908d7a60f&utm_content=daily.

• London Borough of Croydon Improvement and Assurance Panel: seventh report (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/london-borough-of-croydon-improvement-and-assurance-panel-seventh-report?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b64ce0de-32ce-42e4-aff5-4f69a68d68c1&utm_content=daily.

• London Borough of Croydon: Letter to Tony McArdle (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/london-borough-of-croydon-letter-to-tony-mcardle-24-january-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=beffc42b-d86d-4d73-9cba-e7f79981a214&utm_content=daily.

• London Borough of Croydon: Panel appointment letter (24 January 2024) 
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/london-borough-of-croydon-panel-appointment-letter-24-january-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ce2e6ad3-1712-4deb-9714-f4a886572884&utm_content=daily.

• Apply for a proxy vote: easy read guide (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-proxy-vote-easy-read-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5cd2ce94-d286-410d-8655-523b5c7b73e1&utm_content=daily.

• Apply for a postal vote: easy read guide (24 January 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-postal-vote-easy-read-guide?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=436054ea-5e80-4b0f-9dbb-1521420c98ea&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.