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  • The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) explains how domestic properties are valued for Council Tax bands.

  • How to set up a new Council Tax account on a property you have recently moved into.

  • Tables showing the Local Housing Allowance rates in accordance with statute.

  • Guidance for traffic authorities on the use of traffic signs and road markings.

  • England's Blue Badge scheme plus user's rights and responsibilities.

  • How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.

  • How the Valuation Office Agency calculates your rateable value for business rates.

  • This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2024/25 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.

  • The circumstances when your Council Tax band might change, including alterations and similar properties in the area being rebanded.

  • Guidance on when you should contact your local authority (council) about your domestic property.

  • Information on the different types of council and their electoral arrangements.

  • This factsheet provides answers to the most frequently asked questions by households about the council tax rebate.

  • Contacting your regional Valuation Office for Council Tax and business (non-domestic) rates enquiries.

  • How utility companies and highway authorities can safely carry out the signing, lighting and guarding of street works and road works on all highways and roads.

  • Designated days when the Union Flag must be flown on UK government buildings. UK government buildings are also encouraged to fly the Union Flag all year round.

  • How local authorities must deal with fly-tipping and the penalties they can charge.

  • Sets out the conditions that may be attached to street works permit schemes by highway authorities.

  • This document sets out the minimum data that local authorities should be publishing, the frequency it should be published and how it should be published.

  • Best practice guidance to help local licensing authorities to carry out their taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions.

  • The principles of double taxation relief and lists of all countries with which the UK has a double taxation agreement.