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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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
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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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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 a Council Tax discount
Check with your council if you're eligible for a discount on your Council Tax
Guidance and regulation
- How domestic properties are assessed for Council Tax bands
- Start paying Council Tax
- Council tax rebate: factsheet
- How your property is valued for business rates
- Traffic signs manual
News and communications
- Local audit bolstered with new Memorandum of Understanding
- 1/2023: confirmation of the multipliers for 2023 to 2024
- Levelling Up Secretary in North East England to sign historic £1.4 billion devolution deal
- Office for Local Government: interim chair appointment letter
- 1/2023: Council Tax information letter - 13 January 2023
Research and statistics
- National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: forecast 2022 to 2023
- National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: forecast 2023 to 2024
- Income and tax by Parliamentary constituency, confidence intervals
- Income and tax by county and region, confidence intervals
- Income and tax by borough and district or unitary authority, confidence intervals
Policy papers and consultations
- Business Rates Review: technical consultation
- Annual revaluation date change in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- West Midlands Combined Authority: “Trailblazer” deeper devolution deal
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority: “Trailblazer” deeper devolution deal
- The second cycling and walking investment strategy
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Highways maintenance funding allocations
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022
- 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