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Check your Council Tax band
Find out the Council Tax band for a property, register any changes to the property or challenge the band in England or Wales by looking up the property's address or postcode online
Pay your Council Tax
Pay Council Tax online or by other methods, like direct debit to your local council
Apply for Council Tax Reduction
Apply to your local council for Council Tax Reduction if you're on a low income or benefits - this replaced Council Tax Benefit
Find a business rates valuation
How to find the rateable value of a business property: compare it with other properties and challenge your property’s rateable value if it’s in Wales.
Apply for a Council Tax discount
Check with your council if you're eligible for a discount on your Council Tax

Council tax rebate: factsheet
- Detailed guide
- 1 April 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Start paying Council Tax
- Detailed guide
- 22 January 2016
- Valuation Office Agency
How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax bands
- Detailed guide
- 17 March 2022
- Valuation Office Agency
Traffic signs manual
- Guidance
- 18 May 2022
- Department for Transport
The Blue Badge scheme: rights and responsibilities in England
- Guidance
- 9 July 2020
- Department for Transport

12/2022: Council Tax information letter - 29 September 2022
- 29 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Correspondence
11/2022: Council Tax information letter - 2 September 2022
- 2 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Correspondence
Government launches climate change consultation for pension scheme
- 1 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- News story
More than 16 million households receive cost of living council tax rebate
- 1 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Press release
East Midlands local economy to be levelled up with historic billion pound devolution deal
- 30 August 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Press release

Collection rates for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England, 2021 to 2022
- 3 October 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- National statistics
National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2021 to 2022
- 29 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Official statistics
National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2020 to 2021
- 20 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Official statistics
National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2019 to 2020
- 20 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Official statistics
Live tables on local government finance
- 15 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Statistical data set

Local Government Pension Scheme: Fair Deal – strengthening pension protection
- 8 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 04 April 2019
Reforming local government exit pay
- 8 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 09 November 2020
Technical adjustment to the Business Rates Retention system: Consultation
- 2 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Closed consultation
- Date closed 30 September 2022
Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Governance and reporting of climate change risks
- 1 September 2022
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
- Open consultation
- Closing date 24 November 2022
Government response to the National Infrastructure Commission report Infrastructure, Towns and Regeneration
- 26 August 2022
- HM Treasury
- Policy paper

Highways maintenance funding allocations
- 28 February 2022
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021
- 10 December 2021
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Corporate report
Transforming Cities Fund
- 30 July 2021
- Department for Transport
- Transparency
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2019 to 2020
- 17 December 2020
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Corporate report
Schemes awarded the Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund
- 28 February 2020
- Department for Transport
- Transparency

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