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Letter to Woking Borough Council to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2026-27.
Letter to Warrington Borough Council to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request for Exceptional Financial Support for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
Letter to Birmingham City Council to communicate the government’s response to the council’s request to revise the previously agreed profile of in-principle capitalisation support in prior years (2020-21 to 2025-26).
This follows the confirmation of £78 billion for councils through the settlement, helping them restore public services for communities and tackle deprivation.
Business rates information letters are issued by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government at regular intervals throughout the year.
Updates for local authorities on a range of council tax matters and stewardship.
Foreign actors will no longer be able to use their money to interfere in the UK’s elections, as part of the biggest expansion of democratic participation in a generation
Request changes to your current valuation for business rates by 31 March. But make sure you leave enough time.
GAD guidance supports gender pension gap disclosure in 2025 local government fund valuations.
From Blackpool to Plymouth, 14 areas to be transformed as part of the once-in-a-generation reforms to local government
The Science and Technology Secretary has written an Op-Ed in the Yorkshire Post on Barnsley becoming the UK's first Tech Town.
Millions of working women will be better off with new measures being introduced to tackle historic gender pension gap.
Letters from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to leaders of Essex County Council and Pendle Borough Council in relation to their 2026 local elections.
In 2026-27, all pubs and live music venues will benefit from a 15% business rates relief on top of the support announced at Budget 2025. Their bills will then be frozen in real terms for a further two years.
The Chancellor is backing British pubs with a major support package, as the government recognises the challenges facing the industry and the vital role they play in building strong local communities.
Make sure your business rates agent’s name in our system matches your contract.
You can now see the future rateable value for your business property.
Letter from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to council leaders to summarise decisions made on the postponement of 2026 local elections.
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