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Services
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Delivering Differently: expression of interest
An application form for the Delivering Differently fund, which helps local authorities transform services through alternative delivery models.
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Delivering Differently in Neighbourhoods
Programme supporting local authorities to redesign services to deliver at neighbourhood level – prospectus and expression of interest form.
Guidance and regulation
- Local government income compensation scheme for lost sales, fees and charges
- Capital finance: guidance on minimum revenue provision (fourth edition)
- Business rates: extension of transitional relief for small and medium properties
- New burdens doctrine: guidance for government departments
- 5/2017: small business rate relief
News and communications
New advice to help councils fight procurement fraud
Press release
- Councils given greater financial relief against cash flow pressures
- Government confirms multi-billion pound spending increase for councils
- Final local government finance settlement 2020 to 2021: written statement
- Provisional local government finance settlement 2020 to 2021: statement
Research and statistics
- Local authority COVID-19 financial impact monitoring information
- Income and tax by county and region, confidence intervals
- Income and tax by borough and district or unitary authority, confidence intervals
- Improved Better Care Fund: provider fee reporting, quarter 2, 2019-20
- Improved Better Care Fund 2018-19: quarterly and year-end reporting
Policy papers and consultations
- Provisional local government finance settlement 2020 to 2021: consultation
- Local government finance settlement 2020 to 2021: technical consultation
- Key information for local authorities: final local government finance settlement 2020 to 2021
- Final local government finance settlement 2020 to 2021: equality statement
- Levy account surplus final allocations for 2019 to 2020
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Pooling of non-domestic rates and redistribution to local authorities in England account 2013 to 2014
- Pooling of non-domestic rates and redistribution to local authorities in England account 2012 to 2013
- Council compensation for Council Tax exemption for students
- Community Budgets: minutes of meetings
- Community Budgets: agendas and minutes