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)’.

Non-Domestic Rate

• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill: call for evidence (27 November 2024)
  https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2024/november/non-domestic-rating-multipliers-and-private-schools-bill-call-for-evidence/.

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

Housing

• Homelessness and rough sleeping: Accommodation and immigration advice: privacy notice (29 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-and-rough-sleeping-accommodation-and-immigration-advice-privacy-notice?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=10b7329c-ac1b-4f8a-8656-dd7337448798&utm_content=daily.
   
• Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England: 2023 to 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-supply-net-additional-dwellings-england-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d7ba7da2-b7c9-4d92-91a4-e11e22237e8a&utm_content=daily.
   
• Statutory homelessness in England: April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=5aff2f43-0f43-4e66-9714-6a75bf00695e&utm_content=daily.
   
• Local Authority Housing Statistics data returns for 2023 to 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=217ed045-3910-4c39-bf87-ffa138daf680&utm_content=daily.
   
• Live tables on rents, lettings and tenancies (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a80d9a50-975f-4d7d-9464-d5bc14346903&utm_content=daily.
   
• Live tables on dwelling stock (including vacants) (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4ce62c05-652d-4d3d-9647-7136c7700f6a&utm_content=daily.
   
• Dashboards on homelessness (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dashboards-on-homelessness?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=08a54715-1877-4acc-91e0-71241530fd2e&utm_content=daily.
   
• Tables on rough sleeping (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tables-on-rough-sleeping?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f1a66604-10a2-40ae-bf16-4be76f294ac2&utm_content=daily.
   
• Dashboards on rough sleeping (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dashboards-on-rough-sleeping?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=ccda9e7b-c154-4e37-8f1a-9abd82588a4f&utm_content=daily.
   
• Live tables on housing supply: net additional dwellings (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6ca80242-76f5-4025-890e-1d2ece35a4e8&utm_content=daily.
   
• Homelessness management information – Afghan nationals: England (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-management-information-afghan-nationals-england?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c4a511c3-9d85-4c57-aa9c-b48cef0ed5a6&utm_content=daily.
   
• Tables on homelessness (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1b83d466-910e-49d0-842b-2f1a04821244&utm_content=daily.
   
• Homelessness management information - Ukrainian nationals: England (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-management-information-ukrainian-nationals-england?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e937bf99-28f1-43f1-a423-3b47e1bb4ff3&utm_content=daily.
   
• Traveller caravan count: July 2024 (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/traveller-caravan-count-july-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=46ff7547-f62b-4f00-840a-3c0379915524&utm_content=daily.
   
• Local Authority Housing Statistics data returns for 2023 to 2024 (26 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4033382c-8b32-44f2-8f3f-d74577249ac3&utm_content=daily.
   
• Live tables on dwelling stock (including vacants) (26 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=4885e64f-c0f1-4392-81c0-822af1ce525b&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Local government pension scheme funds for England and Wales: 2023 to 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-government-pension-scheme-funds-for-england-and-wales-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=780a0749-24e2-4cbd-a73c-20fea5d373c5&utm_content=daily.

• Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England final outturn time series (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-final-outturn-time-series?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=533a54e9-f559-46bf-8081-7120bb15be5a&utm_content=daily.

• Local government finance policy statement 2025 to 2026 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-policy-statement-2025-to-2026?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=636ed466-1b79-46ad-9c5a-6bdc5ce32c6f&utm_content=daily.

• Addressing the local audit backlog: modified or disclaimed audit opinions (27 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/addressing-the-local-audit-backlog-modified-or-disclaimed-audit-opinions?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fd47667c-1c11-460a-bd72-383775bf8aa9&utm_content=daily.

• Letter to local authority leaders and chief executives on changes to Homes for Ukraine thank you payments (26 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-workforce-management-information-october-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a3c4094d-f860-453c-8be5-b68e285940d8&utm_content=daily.

Governance

• Costs of the 2017 UK Parliamentary General Election (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costs-of-the-2017-uk-parliamentary-general-election?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=cf906df7-b452-4b48-95c6-1f679522b3ac&utm_content=daily.

• Costs of the 2019 UK Parliamentary General Election (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costs-of-the-2019-uk-parliamentary-general-election?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8cf57458-546b-4d61-a33c-a927a3aaf7d6&utm_content=daily.

• Costs of the 2019 European Parliamentary elections (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/costs-of-the-2019-european-parliamentary-elections?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3d660824-8e60-4883-a69d-b5cc209e4a79&utm_content=daily.

• Warrington Borough Council: Letter to the Chief Executive extending the time period for the Best Value Inspection (26 November 2024) (26 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/warrington-borough-council-letter-to-the-chief-executive-extending-the-time-period-for-the-best-value-inspection-26-november-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=51925265-95c9-455e-b8ce-e8f6a5837e09&utm_content=daily.

• Spelthorne Borough Council: Letter to the Chief Executive extending the time period for the Best Value Inspection (26 November 2024) (26 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spelthorne-borough-council-letter-to-the-chief-executive-extending-the-time-period-for-the-best-value-inspection-26-november-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=916de900-9f6d-4e7e-904a-1ba59944d0c5&utm_content=daily.

• Absent voting Legislative Reform Order (25 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/absent-voting-legislative-reform-order?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fa99c1f7-cc27-421a-97e2-899a5c20112e&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• DLUHC: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=15830043-57da-409b-b525-4a011c57cb06&utm_content=daily.
   
•  DLUHC: special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-special-advisers-gifts-hospitality-and-meetings-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=76efb45e-483d-4885-b09a-87eec8ffa32b&utm_content=daily.
   
•  DLUHC: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-business-appointment-rules-advice-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1c725b93-419e-414f-89ba-f922d8697159&utm_content=daily.
   
•  DLUHC: senior officials’ business expenses and hospitality, April to June 2024 (28 November 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-senior-officials-business-expenses-and-hospitality-april-to-june-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9a300488-afc7-4010-934d-768615336416&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-2023-to-2024/collection-rates-for-council-tax-and-non-domestic-rates-in-england-2023-to-2024#collection-rates-2019-20-to-2023-24.

• 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.