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  • Council Tax and business rates scams

    How to identify Council Tax and business rates scams and what you can do to avoid them.

    • From: Valuation Office Agency
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  • Valuation Office Agency Rent Officer Duties

    VOA Rent Officers carry out a range of statutory duties covering rental data, fair rent and housing benefit valuations and also provide DWP annually with current Local Housing Allowance rates.

    • From: Valuation Office Agency
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  • Traffic commissioners: vocational driver conduct

    Sets out vocational driver conduct matters to be referred to traffic commissioners by the Secretary of State for Transport (through DVLA).

    • From: Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
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  • Refer a deceased person's estate to the Treasury Solicitor

    Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.

    • From: Bona Vacantia and 1 others
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  • Funding for councils: Homes for Ukraine

    How government funds councils for thank you payments and tariffs. Includes two-tier and devolved administrations, education, record keeping, and reconciliation.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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  • Designing and modifying non-trunk roads and busy streets

    'Manual for streets 2' expands on the design advice in 'Manual for Streets 1' to include how to plan and improve busy urban and rural streets.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • How to check and challenge your rateable value in Wales

    Tell the Valuation Office Agency about changes to property details or that you think the rateable value is wrong. For valuations before 1 April 2023.

    • From: Valuation Office Agency
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  • Co-ordinating street works

    Code of practice for local authorities who have a duty to co-ordinate works in the highway, and for undertakers on how to co-operate in the process.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Inclusive mobility: using tactile paving surfaces

    How to install and use tactile paving surfaces to help visually impaired and other pedestrians recognise potential hazards and other features in roads, rail and other locations.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Transparency code for smaller authorities

    This transparency code sets out what information smaller authorities should be publishing.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Single Data List

    The Single Data List is a list of all the datasets that local government must submit to central government.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • How local authorities should enforce parking restrictions

    Regulations for local authorities on how to approach, carry out and review the enforcement of parking restrictions.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Removing abandoned shopping trolleys: council powers

    How councils can deal with abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys, including who to consult, disposal and claiming costs.

    • From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
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  • Repair and rateable value

    The Valuation Office Agency does not usually change your rateable value if your property is in a state of disrepair. There are however, exceptions to this.

    • From: Valuation Office Agency
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  • Localism Act 2011: overview

    Overview of the main measures of the Localism Act 2011.

    • From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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  • Clarification on eligibility for concessionary bus travel

    Clarifies guidance for English local authorities on the automatic eligibility of disabled people for concessionary bus travel.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Openness and transparency on personal interests: guidance for councillors

    This guide gives basic practical information to councillors about how to be open and transparent about their personal interests.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and 1 others
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  • Street Works Act codes

    How to apply for a Street Works Act (SWA) code to carry out streetworks.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Council Tax challenges on behalf of a Council Tax payer

    You can challenge a Council Tax band on behalf of a Council Tax payer.

    • From: Valuation Office Agency
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  • Business Rates Relief: 2023/24 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Scheme, local authority guidance

    This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2023/24 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.

    • From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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