Local government
Services
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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
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Pay your Council Tax
Pay Council Tax online or by other methods, like direct debit to your local council
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Apply for Council Tax Reduction
Apply to your local council for Council Tax Reduction if you're on a low income or benefits - this has replaced Council Tax Benefit
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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.
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Send your rent, lease or ownership details to the Valuation Office Agency
Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you've been contacted by them
Guidance and regulation
- Council tax rebate: factsheet
- How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax bands
- The council tax rebate 2022-23 – billing authority guidance
- Start paying Council Tax
- Local government structure and elections
News and communications
- 4/2022: Business rates revaluation 2023
- 10/2022: Council Tax information letter - 4 May 2022
- Communities in Wales handed control of £585 million to level up
- Local residents to have final say on proposed changes to street names
- 9/2022: Council Tax information letter - 11 April 2022
Research and statistics
- Income and tax by county and region, confidence intervals
- Income and tax by borough and district or unitary authority, confidence intervals
- Income and tax by Parliamentary constituency, confidence intervals
- National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2020 to 2021
- Review of local government finance statistics
Policy papers and consultations
- Business rates revaluation 2023: the central rating list
- Technical consultation on street naming
- Business rates treatment of self-catering accommodation
- Local government capital investment and borrowing: proposed measures to address risk
- Local government ethical standards: government response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life report
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Highways maintenance funding allocations
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021
- Transforming Cities Fund
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2019 to 2020
- Schemes awarded the Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund