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The purpose of this Bill is to make the payment of rate relief for small businesses in England automatic. Currently, businesses have to apply to their billing authority once within each revaluation period (five years) to receive the relief during this period.
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This is a report on the Committee Stage of the Business Rate Supplements Bill 2008-09, produced in response to a recommendation of the Modernisation Committee in its report on The Legislative Process (HC 1097, 2005-06).
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This note looks at the affect that the economic slowdown will have on the finances of local authorites.
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The Bill gives legislative effect to the scheme outlined in Business rate supplements: a white paper (Cm 7230). This allows upper-tier local authorities, and the Greater London Authority, to levy a supplement on the business rate in order to fund local economic development projects. Businesses must be consulted and, in certain circumstances, balloted before a rate supplement can be introduced.
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This paper examines reports and evidence on the effects which immigration is having on communities and public services throughout the UK.
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This note contains key statistics on council tax levels in 2008/09 and a limited amount of analysis is provided. The main purpose of this note is to act as a reference document although more detailed analysis is available on request.
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This Research Paper summarises the results of the local elections held on 1 May 2008.
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Elections for Mayor of London and London Assembly, 1 May 2008.
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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill (HL) 2007-08. (Bill 103 of 2007-08). House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/46.
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This note covers the central-local concordat signed in December 2007 in fulfilment of a pledge in the Governance of Britain Green Paper.
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This note summarises the position on rate reliefs for charity shops.
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Local Government Finance Settlement 2008/09-2010/11. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/11
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Local and Mayoral elections 2007. House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/47
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