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

• Paying the right level of Council Tax: a plain English guide to Council Tax (26 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/paying-the-right-level-of-council-tax-a-plain-english-guide-to-council-tax?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e81320fb-7909-4a31-ae76-e0c709d3198d&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

• Intentional homelessness for care leavers: letter to local authorities (3 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intentional-homelessness-for-care-leavers-letter-to-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=32e92a4c-8a52-4f31-9360-b65e538b9337&utm_content=daily.

• Peabody Housing Association's further severe maladministration findings by the Housing Ombudsman (1 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/peabody-housing-associations-further-severe-maladministration-findings-by-the-housing-ombudsman?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9b753676-2f92-4086-bf24-f465ffa4382b&utm_content=daily.

• Statutory homelessness in England: October to December 2023 (30 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-october-to-december-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=7ec7cd48-9d1b-4a42-be5f-bef37f9f64cc&utm_content=daily.

• Statutory homelessness in England: July to September 2023 (30 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-july-to-september-2023?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1f2d0344-0f34-451d-9ded-672be82be55b&utm_content=daily.

• Dashboards on homelessness (30 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dashboards-on-homelessness?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b5f58595-dcc8-4e78-b62b-160f4ba8f0bc&utm_content=daily.

• Tables on homelessness (30 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d2cb169f-6ce6-424c-ae97-462c59a288c8&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Funding Guarantee Grant Determination 2024 to 2025 (30 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/funding-guarantee-grant-determination-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5091dd40-f693-46c1-aa6f-bc145eb4f6eb&utm_content=daily.

• Rural Services Delivery Grant Determination 2024 to 2025 (30 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rural-services-delivery-grant-determination-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ae45155c-883b-4dc3-8b4f-6960156f6c79&utm_content=daily.

• Services Grant Determination 2024 to 2025 (30 April 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/services-grant-determination-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=900666bc-6f1d-4e64-a45f-bef17b3c6797&utm_content=daily.

Non-Domestic Rate

• 3/2024: Freeports, Investment Zones, Improvement and Film Studio Reliefs (2 May 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/32024-freeports-investment-zones-improvement-and-film-studio-reliefs?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9d91c554-5a3e-4fcb-a4b4-3bf642c0883b&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

• Local government in England: structures (2 May 2024)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn07104/.

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 & 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.