Local government spending

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Services

• Delivering Differently in Neighbourhoods

  Programme supporting local authorities to redesign services to deliver at neighbourhood level – prospectus and expression of interest form.

• 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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Guidance and regulation

• New burdens doctrine: guidance for government departments
  • Guidance
  • 29 July 2022
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Guidance on flexible use of capital receipts
  • Statutory guidance
  • 2 August 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Local government finance: timetable of forms for local authorities
  • Guidance
  • 24 January 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Local government income compensation scheme for lost sales, fees and charges
  • Detailed guide
  • 12 November 2021
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Business rates guidance for pubs and licensed trade
  • Guidance
  • 19 January 2015
  • Valuation Office Agency

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News and communications

• Levelling Up Secretary tightens council accounting rules
  • 2 August 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Press release
• Flexible use of capital receipts for transformation projects: letter to council leaders
  • 2 August 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Correspondence
• Further taxpayer savings with green upgrades for public buildings
  • 2 August 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Press release
• Public building upgrades to save taxpayers £650 million per year
  • 23 May 2022
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Press release
• Simpler, more flexible and transparent procurement
  • 12 May 2022
  • Cabinet Office
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Local authority COVID-19 financial impact monitoring information
  • 12 August 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Research
• Income and tax by county and region, confidence intervals
  • 13 April 2022
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • National statistics
• Income and tax by borough and district or unitary authority, confidence intervals
  • 13 April 2022
  • HM Revenue & Customs
  • National statistics
• Review of local government finance statistics
  • 11 April 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Research
• Improved Better Care Fund: provider fee reporting, quarter 2, 2019-20
  • 17 February 2020
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Provisional local government finance settlement 2022 to 2023: consultation
  • 7 February 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 13 January 2022
• Final Council Tax report 2022 to 2023
  • 21 February 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Policy paper
• Final local government finance report 2022 to 2023
  • 21 February 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Policy paper
• Final local government finance settlement 2022 to 2023: policy impact statement
  • 7 February 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Impact assessment
• Settlement funding assessment calculation model: final local government finance settlement 2022 to 2023
  • 7 February 2022
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Pooling of non-domestic rates and redistribution to local authorities in England account 2013 to 2014
  • 16 July 2014
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Corporate report
• Pooling of non-domestic rates and redistribution to local authorities in England account 2012 to 2013
  • 15 August 2013
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Corporate report
• Council compensation for Council Tax exemption for students
  • 25 January 2012
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Foi release
• Community Budgets: minutes of meetings
  • 19 July 2011
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Foi release
• Community Budgets: agendas and minutes
  • 15 June 2011
  • Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• Cabinet Office
• HM Treasury
• Government Actuary's Department
• Department of Health & Social Care

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• Department for Work & Pensions
• Valuation Office Agency
• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Department for Transport
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Home Office
• Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Department for Education
• Ministry of Justice
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Committee on Standards in Public Life
• Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain

• Environment Agency