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Vagrancy Act Consultation
This consultation seeks views on the replacement of offences previously held in the Vagrancy Act. This covers the following areas: How to replace the offences in the Vagrancy Act which prohibit begging in an appropriate way that prioritises getting individuals into support; How we can make sure that replacement legislation on begging supports the right environment in which to deliver effective services and to engage with vulnerable people constructively;... MoreClosed 5 May 2022 -
Levelling Up
We are fortunate to live in one of the most dynamic, diverse, free and successful countries in the world, but that success is not being shared fairly across the whole of the United Kingdom. That’s changing as we allocate the first round of our £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund to regeneration projects across the UK, investing billions in our railways, rolling out next generation gigabit broadband and moving more government functions and civil servants out of London as part of investment... MoreClosed 13 April 2022 -
Business Rates Review: technical consultation
This consultation sets out how the government intends to give effect to a number of measures arising from its recent business rates review. It covers the following areas: Measures to enable more frequent revaluations Improvement relief Support for investment in green plant and machinery Other administrative changes MoreClosed 22 February 2022 -
Diwygio’r systemau lesddaliad a chyfunddaliad yng Nghymru a Lloegr
Trosolwg Diwygio’r systemau lesddaliad a chyfunddaliad yng Nghymru a Lloegr. Mae’r ymgynghoriad hwn yn ceisio barn ar ddiwygiadau i’r system lesddaliad a chyfunddaliad yn dilyn argymhellion yn adroddiadau Comisiwn y Gyfraith a gyhoeddwyd yng Ngorffennaf 2020. Yn benodol, mae’n ceisio barn am: Y cyfyngiad amhreswyl ar ryddfreinio cyfun; Y cyfyngiad amhreswyl mewn hawliadau hawl i reoli; Y... MoreClosed 22 February 2022 -
Consultation on changes to the capital framework: Minimum Revenue Provision
Local authorities can freely borrow and invest under legislation and guidance known as the Prudential Framework. Notwithstanding these freedoms, authorities must make sure borrowing is affordable. Where capital expenditure is financed by borrowing, authorities have a statutory duty to set aside revenue funds to repay the principle of the debt; this is known as Minimum Revenue Provision (MRP). The government has identified that some authorities are not sufficiently complying with this duty... MoreClosed 8 February 2022 -
Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2022/23 Consultation
This consultation seeks views on the proposals for the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2022/23. MoreClosed 13 January 2022 -
Private rented sector (England) tenant survey
Thank you for taking the time to open our survey. There are a maximum of 20 questions and it should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. The survey is aimed at those with experience renting privately in England, or those who are considering renting privately in the near future (private renting is where you rent a property from a private landlord/company and not a social landlord/council). MoreClosed 17 November 2021 -
Call for Evidence - Review of Architectural Regulation
Ministerial Foreword The United Kingdom’s architectural sector is one of the best in the world – with first-class educational institutions, world-leading practices and a healthy export market. The United Kingdom also has a vibrant small and medium sized enterprise (SME) sector who operate at local level to ensure that the places where we live, work and play suit our communities. The challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the... MoreClosed 8 November 2021 -
Domestic Abuse Act Part 4, Local Authority progress
Domestic Abuse is a devastating crime which creates long term impacts on victims, their children, and wider society. Government has committed to transforming the response to domestic abuse. On 29 April the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 received Royal Assent. The Act includes within Part 4 (Sections 57-61) new duties on Tier 1 local authorities in England relating to the provision of support for victims and their children residing within relevant safe accommodation and a duty on Tier 2... MoreClosed 3 November 2021 -
Building Safety Levy
Consultation on Building Safety Levy This consultation seeks views on the design and calculation of the proposed Building Safety Levy, through which developers will make an important contribution to remedy historical building safety defects. The Consultation covers the following areas: Design of the Levy Levy calculation Potential housing supply impacts Process and timings ... MoreClosed 15 October 2021 -
Local Audit Framework: technical consultation
Sir Tony Redmond, in his review of the effectiveness of external audit and transparency of financial reporting in local authorities made a number of recommendations. In May we published an updated response to the Redmond Review of Local Authority Financial Reporting and External Audit which outlined our thinking on Sir Tony’s key finding about a lack of ‘system leadership’ in the local audit system. We set out our proposal that the Audit Reporting and... MoreClosed 22 September 2021 -
Private parking charges, discount rates, debt collection fees and appeals charter: further technical consultation
This consultation seeks further views on the level of private parking charges proposed in the Government’s response to the Parking Code Enforcement Framework Consultation, including the discount rate for early payment, the level of additional debt collection fees, and the detail of the Appeals Charter to help deliver a fair, proportionate and consistent system across the country. MoreClosed 27 August 2021 -
Windrush Monument: Share your Views
This questionnaire will ascertain the views of the public on the four shortlisted artists to design the National Windrush Monument. MoreClosed 25 August 2021 -
Statutory Guidance and Regulations Consultation - Domestic Abuse Support in Safe Accommodation
Domestic Abuse is a devastating crime which creates long term impacts on victims, their children, and wider society. Government has committed to transforming the response to domestic abuse. On 29 April the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 received Royal Assent. The Act includes within Part 4 (Sections 57-61) new duties on Tier 1 local authorities in England relating to the provision of support for victims and their children residing within relevant safe accommodation and a... MoreClosed 27 July 2021 -
Local Authority Remote Meetings - Call for Evidence
This call for evidence seeks to understand the experience of local authorities in the whole of the UK regarding remote meetings. This is an open call for evidence. We particularly seek the views of individual members of the public; prospective and current local authority members/representatives; officers/leaders of local authorities who have been meeting remotely; and those bodies that represent the interests of local members/representatives at all levels. MoreClosed 17 June 2021 -
Technical consultation: changes to permitted development rights for electronic communications infrastructure
This consultation seeks views on proposed planning reforms that will allow the deployment of telecoms equipment to be quicker whilst ensuring that there are appropriate environmental protections and safeguards in place . Proposals we are consulting on include: Enabling the deployment of radio equipment housing up to specified limits and allowing greater flexibility for installing equipment cabinets in existing compounds to support 5G deployment and... MoreClosed 14 June 2021 -
Amendments to the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015
Sir Tony Redmond, in his review of the effectiveness of external audit and transparency of financial reporting in local authorities, recommended that the current fee structure for local audit be revised to ensure that adequate resources are deployed to meet the full extent of local audit requirements. To support the implementation of this, the department is providing relevant local government bodies with £15 million in additional funding in 2021/22. This is intended to... MoreClosed 1 June 2021 -
MHCLG COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund - Final Report
MHCLG Domestic Abuse COVID-19 Emergency Fund - Final Report Thank you for the work you are doing supporting victims of domestic abuse, and their children, through this difficult time. As detailed within your grant agreements, you are required to report on your delivery on the outputs and outcomes for the grant funding period. For this purpose we ask that you respond to the questions in this survey. We ask that all responses be submitted... MoreClosed 28 May 2021 -
Changes to the Audit Fees Methodology for Allocating £15 Million to Local Bodies
Sir Tony Redmond, in his review of the effectiveness of external audit and transparency of financial reporting in local authorities, recommended that the current fee structure for local audit be revised to ensure that adequate resources are deployed to meet the full extent of local audit requirements. In the Government’s 17 December response , the Government committed to take swift action to support market stability, and in particular to take action to review and reform regulations to... MoreClosed 18 May 2021 -
Commercial Rents and COVID-19 Call for Evidence
Throughout the last year many businesses have been forced to close in line with public health restrictions and faced significant periods of disruption to revenue. In response, Government introduced legislation to prevent landlords of commercial properties from being able to evict tenants for not paying rent; to restrict landlords’ abilities to recover rental arrears through the seizure of tenants’ goods; and to restrict the service of statutory demands and winding up petitions. ... MoreClosed 4 May 2021 -
Somerset Unitarisation
Residents and businesses in Somerset are currently served by a two-tier system of local government. Somerset County Council is responsible for services such as adult and children’s social care, maintaining roads and libraries, and the District Councils – Mendip, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton and South Somerset - are responsible for services such as rubbish collection, housing and planning and environmental health. The five councils in... MoreClosed 19 April 2021 -
North Yorkshire Unitarisation
Residents and businesses in North Yorkshire are currently served by a two-tier system of local government. North Yorkshire County Council is responsible for services such as adult and children’s social care, maintaining roads and libraries, and the District Councils – Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough and Selby - are responsible for services such as rubbish collection, housing and planning and environmental health. The City of York... MoreClosed 19 April 2021 -
Cumbria Unitarisation (including a proposal involving the City of Lancaster)
Residents and businesses in Cumbria are currently served by a two-tier system of local government. Cumbria County Council is responsible for services such as adult and children’s social care, maintaining roads and libraries, and the Councils – Allerdale Borough, Barrow Borough, Carlisle City, Copeland Borough, Eden District and South Lakeland District - are responsible for services such as rubbish collection, housing and planning and environmental health. ... MoreClosed 19 April 2021 -
National Planning Policy Framework and National Model Design Code: Consultation proposals
This consultation seeks views on draft revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework. The text has been revised to implement policy changes in response to the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission “Living with Beauty” report . A number of other changes to the text of the Framework are also set out and explained in this consultation, but we are not proposing a review of the National Planning Policy Framework in its entirety at this stage. A fuller review of the... MoreClosed 27 March 2021
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