According to CIPFA, council tax will rise this year by the smallest amount since the tax was introduced in 1993.
Statistics on the council tax base for 2009 have been released.
The name change is to encourage pensioners to take up the financial help available.
CLG is consulting on aspects of its policy on the provision of efficiency information on council tax bills for 2010/11 and beyond.
Communities and Local Government (CLG) has released the collection rates for council tax and non domestic rates in England for 2008/09.