IRRV Newsletter Highlights

27 January 2025 to 2 February 2025

The IRRV weekly newsletter includes details of upcoming events and our products & services, as well as general news relevant to the industry including legislation, case law, consultations and much more.

Some key items from the most recent newsletter can be found below:

Legislation

• The Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Utilities) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 (S.I.2025/19) https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2025/19/contents/made.

Parliament: House of Commons Library

• Local Government Finance Settlement 2025/26 (30 January 2025) https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10184/.

Parliament: Latest News

• Lords debates Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill (30 January 2025) https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2025/january/lords-debates-non-domestic-rating-multipliers-and-private-schools-bill/.

Gov.UK Alerts

• Report on the Business Rates Relief for Film Studios scheme by HM Treasury (28 January 2025) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-the-business-rates-relief-for-film-studios-scheme-by-hm-treasury?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=f731ec5a-0c67-4dcd-b1c9-2145f690b359&utm_content=daily.

Gov.Scot Alerts

• Call to lift freeze to housing support: Housing Minister writes to UK Government (31 January 2025) https://www.gov.scot/publications/call-to-lift-freeze-to-housing-support-housing-minister-writes-to-uk-government/.

Gov.Wales Alerts

• Welsh Government ends tax break for independent schools (28 January 2025) https://www.gov.wales/welsh-government-ends-tax-break-for-independent-schools.

Northern Ireland

• Archibald launches consultation on rating reform proposals (29 January 2025) https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/news/archibald-launches-consultation-rating-reform-proposals.

MHCLG

• Local government transparency code 2015 (29 January 2025) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-transparency-code-2015?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=67479b9f-a504-483a-8f55-bfade00c4781&utm_content=daily.

DWP

• Housing Benefit statistics on speed of processing for 2024 to 2025 (29 January 2025) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/housing-benefit-statistics-on-speed-of-processing-for-2024-to-2025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=98563855-ac42-4be6-b545-33b3e5771e92&utm_content=daily.

Valuation Office Agency

• Non-domestic rating: challenges and changes, 2017 and 2023 rating lists, December 2024 (31 January 2025) https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/non-domestic-rating-challenges-and-changes-2017-and-2023-rating-lists-december-2024.

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