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Services

• 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.

• How Council Tax works

  Your Council Tax bill - how to work it out, who has to pay, discounts and exemptions for students and disabled people, second homes, empty properties, paying the bill and getting the Council Tax rebate.

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Guidance and regulation

• 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
• Council tax rebate: factsheet
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 April 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• 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

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News and communications

• Levelling Up Secretary in North East England to sign historic £1.4 billion devolution deal
  • 27 January 2023
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Press release
• Office for Local Government: interim chair appointment letter
  • 25 January 2023
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Correspondence
• 1/2023: Council Tax information letter - 13 January 2023
  • 13 January 2023
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Correspondence
• Appointment of the Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry: 12 January 2023
  • 12 January 2023
  • Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
  • Press release
• Historic £1.4 billion devolution deal for North East
  • 28 December 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: 2021 to 2022
  • 25 January 2023
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Official statistics
• COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund distribution data and Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief fund data
  • 21 December 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Research
• Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2021 to 2022 individual local authority data - outturn
  • 8 December 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Official statistics
• Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2021 to 2022 final outturn
  • 8 December 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • National statistics
• Live tables on local government finance
  • 1 December 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Statistical data set

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Policy papers and consultations

• Strengthening local government transparency
  • 2 February 2023
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 08 July 2016
• Local Government Pension Scheme: Changes to the Scheme Advisory Board cost management process
  • 30 January 2023
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 24 March 2023
• Technical adjustment to the Business Rates Retention system: Consultation
  • 19 December 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 30 September 2022
• Business Rates Revaluation 2023: Consultation on the transitional arrangements
  • 17 November 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 25 July 2022
• 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

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report and accounts 2021 to 2022
  • 22 December 2022
  • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
  • Corporate report
• 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

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Organisations

• Department for Transport
• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• Valuation Office Agency
• HM Treasury
• Cabinet Office

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• Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Home Office
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Work & Pensions
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Government Actuary's Department
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Office of the Secretary of State for Wales
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Northern Ireland Office
• Committee on Standards in Public Life
• Disclosure & Barring Service
• Government Digital Service
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Bona Vacantia
• Building Digital UK
• Government Legal Department
• Office of the Public Guardian
• Active Travel England
• Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
• Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
• Crown Commercial Service
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Government Equalities Office
• Lammy Review
• Marine Management Organisation
• Planning Inspectorate
• Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

• Defence Infrastructure Organisation
• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
• Environment Agency
• Probation Service
• Social Security Advisory Committee
• British Hallmarking Council
• Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
• Competition and Markets Authority
• HM Land Registry
• Ofsted
• Single Source Regulations Office

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