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 Taxbase 2024 in England (13 December 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-taxbase-2024-in-england?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=aa6d1a14-e247-435f-abe4-6b78e7325911&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)’.

Non-Domestic Rate

• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (13 December 2024)
  https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3887.

• Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (11 December 2024)
  https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/00c3b9b6-dc01-4417-b66d-6e4493719c57.

•  The Local Government Finance Act 1988 (Calculation of Small Business Non-Domestic Rating Multiplier) (England) Regulations 2024 (S.I.2024/1321) (11 December 2024)
  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1321/contents/made.

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

Housing

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Local Government Finance

• Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2023 to 2024 – second release (12 December 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2023-to-2024-first-release?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=dadb43c8-283b-4e8b-ac1a-b492df7bdb28&utm_content=daily.

• Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2023 to 2024 individual local authority data – outturn (12 December 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2023-to-2024-individual-local-authority-data-outturn?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=06103f4f-c990-4d38-be7d-b7e4d6ef9333&utm_content=daily.

• The funding and sustainability of local government finance - Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee launches new inquiry (11 December 2024)
  https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/housing-communities-and-local-government-committee/news/204229/the-funding-and-sustainability-of-local-government-finance-housing-communities-and-local-government-committee-launches-new-inquiry/.

Governance

• Nottingham City Council: Commissioners' first report (12 December 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nottingham-city-council-commissioners-first-report?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d9cf0ac8-71ab-4eab-b5d8-e764dd5f63ee&utm_content=daily.

• Nottingham City Council: Ministerial response to Commissioners’ first report (12 December 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nottingham-city-council-ministerial-response-to-commissioners-first-report?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=13b26a3a-3934-4114-abe9-89f567d0863f&utm_content=daily.

• London Borough of Croydon: Ministerial response to the Improvement and Assurance Panel’s eighth report and subsequent letter (12 December 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/london-borough-of-croydon-ministerial-response-to-the-improvement-and-assurance-panels-eighth-report-and-subsequent-letter?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=60926c0d-6d15-47b9-89e4-c4f0ab82712b&utm_content=daily.

• London Borough of Croydon Improvement and Assurance Panel: eighth report and subsequent letter (12 December 2024)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/london-borough-of-croydon-improvement-and-assurance-panel-eighth-report-and-subsequent-letter?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2966fc5e-1983-4c71-8e74-7b9a2bd6fd0e&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

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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.