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 5/2024: Exceptions to council tax premiums (1 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-information-letter-52024-exceptions-to-council-tax-premiums?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e91e924d-3136-464f-8bb5-36eb1f81fad4&utm_content=daily.

• Long-term empty homes and second homes: Council tax premiums and exceptions (1 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/long-term-empty-homes-and-second-homes-council-tax-premiums-and-exceptions/guidance-on-the-implementation-of-the-council-tax-premiums-on-long-term-empty-homes-and-second-homes.

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

Non-Domestic Rate

• VAT on Private School Fees & Removing the Charitable Rates Relief for Private Schools (30 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees-removing-the-charitable-rates-relief-for-private-schools?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=17b41f28-9a4d-4579-93e1-c74f82217756&utm_content=daily.

• Transforming business rates (30 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-business-rates?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=62595553-eb8e-4a53-ac80-b6449f50cc1c&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)’.

Housing

• Housing First Pilot: national evaluation reports (31 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-first-pilot-national-evaluation-reports?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a712e724-4b3b-48d5-b14e-e34b7dd58c8e&utm_content=daily.

• Your right to buy your home: a guide (31 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/your-right-to-buy-your-home-a-guide--2?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f4e14a91-ad74-4640-a79c-438010d9ca72&utm_content=daily.

• Right to Buy: a guide for local authorities (31 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-buy-a-guide-for-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=74dbf63d-bb66-479c-8746-3d81e37a9033&utm_content=daily.

• Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2023-24 (30 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-financial-year-2023-24?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=624d9c72-0a6b-44d2-a2f5-da796ae28725&utm_content=daily.

• Dashboards on homelessness (30 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dashboards-on-homelessness?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d12e667d-5e3e-43ea-b438-f558f364c29d&utm_content=daily.

• Consultation on future social housing rent policy (30 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-future-social-housing-rent-policy?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2b5fceda-a216-4f90-9f66-4dac49f995e1&utm_content=daily.

• A review of the increased Right to Buy discounts introduced in 2012 (30 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-review-of-the-increased-right-to-buy-discounts-introduced-in-2012?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=564d2782-7495-4545-9bf2-b8a5639967ad&utm_content=daily.

• Homelessness and rough sleeping: Individual Placement and Support (IPS): privacy notice (29 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-and-rough-sleeping-individual-placement-and-support-ips-privacy-notice?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2962fdaf-c38f-4e82-ab52-d37159b811b1&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, England, 2023-24 (31 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report-england-2023-24?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d7270343-76bc-426e-8d88-3e3c8fd27089&utm_content=daily.

• Deferred Payment Agreements, 2023-24 (31 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/deferred-payment-agreements-2023-24?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8a97dc32-e5a3-4f33-bc2a-506cc4ced9b2&utm_content=daily.

• UK resettlement programmes: funding instruction 2024 to 2025 (31 October 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-resettlement-programmes-funding-instruction-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d7b32990-f973-4250-976c-b0fa53fee60b&utm_content=daily.

Governance

• N/A

Miscellaneous

• Report on the proposed Welsh Freeports Subsidy Scheme by Welsh Government and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (1 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-the-proposed-welsh-freeports-subsidy-scheme-by-welsh-government-and-the-ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=28af59f9-8faa-496e-90cc-34f4db09b71a&utm_content=daily.

• Communities for Afghans project: MHCLG policy update (31 October 2024) 
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communities-for-afghans-project-dluhc-policy-update?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1a6b7d84-7fad-4eb3-aff8-d1d688704d29&utm_content=daily.

• DLUHC accounting officer assessments (30 October 2024) 
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-accounting-officer-assessments?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=69d1130c-36bb-4b53-a151-7b59c205404e&utm_content=daily.

COLLECTION RATES 2023/24

• 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=9575b677-6c4a-4bac-840d-280757cb7407&utm_content=daily.

• Scotland
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/council-tax-collection-statistics-2023-24/.

• Wales
  https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/statistics-and-research/2024-06/council-tax-collection-rates-april-2023-march-2024-664.pdf.

ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS 2023/24

The Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24 of DLUHC can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b4384bb7-c6f2-4941-bee7-d54727f88ab8&utm_content=daily.