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Find out about the 2026 revaluation, how to find your current and future business rates valuations and what to do if you think your valuation is wrong.
Guidance on the information the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) holds about your property for Council Tax purposes.
Information on telecare monitoring systems and personal alarms that can help you stay safe and independent at home.
Firing times for ranges in Scotland including Barry Buddon, Kirkcudbright, Garelochhead, Tain, Cape Wrath, Fort George, Blackdog, Castlelaw Ranges and Dreghorn
Explanatory note on funding simplification.
This note provides an overview of the government’s approach to supporting local authorities with Dedicated Schools Grant deficits, as part of wider SEND system reform.
Information table setting out Core Spending Power made available through the provisional local government finance settlement 2026-2027 to 2028-2029.
Information on the different types of council and their electoral arrangements.
This page provides details about the circumstances under which you may be charged a penalty following Check or Challenge.
Areas in England which operate civil parking enforcement.
Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested Exceptional Financial Support in financial year 2025-26.
List of local government finance forms that local authorities need to submit to MHCLG.
The circumstances when your Council Tax band might change, including alterations and similar properties in the area being rebanded.
Tables showing the Local Housing Allowance rates in accordance with statute.
How local authorities must deal with fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge.
Guidance for councils on making, amending and revoking byelaws.
How utility companies and highway authorities can safely carry out the signing, lighting and guarding of street works and road works on all highways and roads.
The principles of double taxation relief and lists of all countries with which the UK has a double taxation agreement.
Guidance for local transport authorities in England on how to set up a bus franchising scheme to improve local bus services.
This document sets out the minimum data that local authorities should be publishing, the frequency it should be published and how it should be published.
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