There's no such thing as 'local rates', there is council tax, and that said local council spending is still majority funded by central government.
Honestly Chazz, I agree and normally I do the right thing and disposed of it carefully. It's a fair cop.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55757807 Fines for all (but why 15?) people attending house parties... Good grumbled the potentially middle aged man....