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 1/2025: Changes to the presentation of the adult social care precept on bills and other updates on council tax (9 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-information-letter-12025-changes-to-the-presentation-of-the-adult-social-care-precept-on-bills-and-other-updates-on-council-tax?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=a383bf7b-d35b-4d8a-9b78-f3562f6e84a7&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 2024-25 (10 January 2025)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10142/.

• National non-domestic rates: guidance for billing authorities (9 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-non-domestic-rates-guidance-for-billing-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=601081e6-d25d-4f1e-aa29-1ccdf2dfe708&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

• Help to Buy evaluation: Privacy notice (9 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-evaluation-privacy-notice?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=3af20197-6077-4cab-9a1c-e6363dd21fa1&utm_content=daily.

• Privacy notices for homelessness research (9 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/privacy-notices-for-homelessness-research?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=cfd3a1d9-b767-4577-bd77-f327c60d367b&utm_content=daily.

• Letter from the Deputy Prime Minister to housing industry stakeholders: Building the homes we need (7 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-deputy-prime-minister-to-housing-industry-stakeholders-building-the-homes-we-need?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=11b70d8c-c6ff-45ff-81af-7a3126919ebb&utm_content=daily.

• Letter from the Deputy Prime Minister to local authority leaders, mayors and chief executives of local authorities: Building the homes we need (7 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-the-deputy-prime-minister-to-local-authority-leaders-mayors-and-chief-executives-of-local-authorities-building-the-homes-we-need?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=551921d9-3db9-4f0b-8ef2-57f8e7a7ef7f&utm_content=daily.

• The vital role of professional planners in building the homes we need: letter from the Housing Minister to the RTPI (7 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-vital-role-of-professional-planners-in-building-the-homes-we-need-letter-from-the-housing-minister-to-the-rtpi?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=fd499bb1-42b3-4249-be90-756fb83091c7&utm_content=daily.

• Social housing tenants and antisocial behaviour (6 January 2025)
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cdp-2024-0178/.

• Housing and planning data collection timetable for data providers (6 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-and-planning-data-collection-timetable-for-data-providers?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=dbc34c11-13b9-4ba9-9350-ca39a1508820&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• Dedicated schools grant assurance: guidance for local authorities for 2023 to 2024 (9 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dedicated-schools-grant-assurance-guidance-for-local-authorities-for-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=047a61d9-bec1-4a62-aeb1-f57ba48a3272&utm_content=daily.

• Local Government Audit – HCLG Committee writes to Angela Rayner, Secretary of State to press for clarity on next steps on reform (9 January 2025)
  https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/17/housing-communities-and-local-government-committee/news/204638/local-government-audit-hclg-committee-writes-to-angela-rayner-secretary-of-state-to-press-for-clarity-on-next-steps-on-reform/.

Governance

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Miscellaneous

• Make Things Right: campaign toolkit (10 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/make-things-right-creative-assets?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=e65c47d5-a107-4c90-b979-d4d7ff746824&utm_content=daily.

• MHCLG annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 (8 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-annual-report-and-accounts-2023-to-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0bab0033-5249-4780-a51b-cf5f70c4235b&utm_content=daily.

• MHCLG: workforce management information, November 2024 (7 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-workforce-management-information-november-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b1429d0c-a6e7-4991-bc19-0c548b40ea89&utm_content=daily.

• MHCLG: workforce management information, October 2024 (6 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-workforce-management-information-october-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f0553cc2-46a6-4c5e-b2ed-6fd03ac4ec62&utm_content=daily.

LOCAL AUTHORITY DATA EXPLORER 

The Local Authority Data Explorer, designed to present an overview of local government performance, can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-data-explorer?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f0dfaa76-d9dd-47cc-b424-a2b7b7ff692c&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 MHCLG 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=0bab0033-5249-4780-a51b-cf5f70c4235b&utm_content=daily.