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 2/2025: Local Council Tax Support schemes for 2025-26 (17 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-information-letter-22025-local-council-tax-support-schemes-for-2025-26?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2c25798b-112b-42d9-af40-ab3e7828aa10&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

• Don't apply VAT to independent school fees, or remove business rates relief. (15 January 2025)
  https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701268. 

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

Housing

• Homes for Ukraine funding, July to September 2024 (17 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homes-for-ukraine-funding-july-to-september-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2e442af0-2b6b-4e6c-9082-99b2d6621121&utm_content=daily.

• Guide to the Renters’ Rights Bill (16 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-the-renters-rights-bill?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=1ec4aca8-fb7d-4ceb-b828-14ce2d82279f&utm_content=daily.

Local Government Finance

• High Street Rental Auctions: grants for local authorities (17 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-street-rental-auctions-grants-for-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c7f98e7f-fd57-48b0-a246-8a8737091441&utm_content=daily.

• Uses of local authority spending and finance data returns (16 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uses-of-local-authority-spending-and-finance-data?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=763e7f03-afeb-4ff0-8fe7-a05892b1dc75&utm_content=daily.

• Local government finance data collection: guidance for local authorities (16 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-data-collection-guidance-for-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=c610488b-be6c-4fa5-9c39-5c6efbb25286&utm_content=daily.

• Local government finance: timetable of forms for local authorities (15 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/timetable-of-forms-for-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=6ee03dc6-cafc-481c-a244-5faed7b2f76e&utm_content=daily.

• High Street Rental Auctions: grants for local authorities (15 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-street-rental-auctions-grants-for-local-authorities?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b3814dde-d57f-48b0-9d8d-cc3875cab341&utm_content=daily.

Governance

• Review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources (17 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-local-authorities-relative-needs-and-resources?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=2e7ab876-4816-400c-9e60-70346da77746&utm_content=daily.

• Local government reorganisation: letter to two-tier areas (15 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-reorganisation-letter-to-two-tier-areas?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=d123ba5c-e479-41cd-912b-653480e90fc5&utm_content=daily.

• Leaders Council inaugural meeting on 24 October 2024 (13 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leaders-council-inaugural-meeting-on-24-october-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=9b1dbf48-cf0e-4ff9-ad65-354eb888442e&utm_content=daily.

• Leaders Council second meeting on 16 December 2024 (13 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leaders-council-second-meeting-on-16-december-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=895cb8e7-ae97-4e4a-a5bc-7f90b45bf650&utm_content=daily.

Miscellaneous

• DLUHC Government Major Projects Portfolio data, 2024 (16 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-government-major-projects-portfolio-data-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=b1bd7c45-9a97-4117-a593-773b1a4e3b40&utm_content=daily.

• MHCLG: spending over £250, August 2024 (14 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-spending-over-250-august-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=0092cea1-f380-4fb1-bb0a-c4684c7e22ae&utm_content=daily.

• MHCLG: spending over £0, August 2024 (14 January 2025)
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-spending-over-0-august-2024?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=8295bbac-fddd-4eef-a52d-367638e9d002&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.