Spending on services by council, England
Accredited official statistics; the newest year a first release, which MHCLG revises
Each English council's total service expenditure in the latest two financial years, £ thousand, with England's, from the revenue outturn councils return to MHCLG.
England
£144.43bn
2025/26
Verified against source, 2 November 2026, 12:31 UTC- 2025/26
- 2024/25
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
In order
Ranked by the hub 2025/26
Every place, the highest figure first. The number before each is the hub's own position in the list, not the publisher's: equal figures share one, marked =.
Councils
- 1Birmingham£2.66bn
- 2Leeds£1.71bn
- 3Liverpool£1.35bn
- 4Manchester£1.34bn
- 5Sheffield£1.22bn
- 6North Yorkshire£1.15bn
- 7Cornwall£1.14bn
- 8County Durham£1.12bn
- =9Bradford£1.09bn
- =9Buckinghamshire£1.09bn
- 11Somerset£1.04bn
- 12Tower Hamlets£985.9m
- 13Bristol, City of£934.7m
- 14Wiltshire£882.9m
- 15Croydon£878.1m
- 16Leicester£847.9m
- 17Kirklees£845.6m
- 18Lewisham£830.7m
- 19Ealing£823.8m
- 20Cheshire West and Chester£813.6m
- 21Barnet£805.1m
- 22Newham£801.5m
- 23Lambeth£793.9m
- 24Southwark£791.4m
- 25West Northamptonshire£768.8m
- 26Dorset£762.5m
- 27Hackney£761.3m
- 28Wigan£761.2m
- 29Greenwich£756.8m
- 30Brent£752.6m
- 31Redbridge£749.6m
- 32Wirral£747.0m
- 33Cheshire East£733.9m
- 34East Riding of Yorkshire£728.7m
- 35Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£718.2m
- 36Enfield£711.7m
- 37Camden£706.5m
- 38Northumberland£698.4m
- 39Coventry£678.1m
- 40Wakefield£670.4m
- 41Nottingham£664.0m
- 42Brighton and Hove£663.8m
- 43Bolton£663.3m
- 44Haringey£653.5m
- 45Walsall£652.7m
- 46Salford£641.4m
- 47Wandsworth£640.0m
- 48Islington£636.6m
- 49Sefton£631.9m
- 50Waltham Forest£630.7m
- 51North Northamptonshire£625.9m
- 52Stockport£624.6m
- 53Hounslow£616.5m
- 54Newcastle upon Tyne£612.6m
- 55Barking and Dagenham£608.7m
- 56Doncaster£591.5m
- 57Hillingdon£577.8m
- 58Shropshire£570.5m
- 59South Gloucestershire£563.3m
- 60Westminster£562.2m
- 61Sunderland£552.4m
- 62Wolverhampton£551.3m
- 63Bromley£551.2m
- 64Kingston upon Hull, City of£548.2m
- 65Milton Keynes£547.6m
- 66Rochdale£547.5m
- 67Stoke-on-Trent£538.0m
- 68Havering£536.0m
- 69Southampton£531.6m
- 70Luton£516.1m
- 71Derby£515.3m
- 72Plymouth£515.1m
- 73Medway£513.8m
- 74North Tyneside£506.8m
- 75Central Bedfordshire£505.2m
- 76Merton£500.2m
- 77Westmorland and Furness£498.8m
- 78Oldham£494.7m
- 79Rotherham£493.6m
- 80Tameside£493.0m
- 81Trafford£486.4m
- 82Barnsley£475.6m
- 83Knowsley£472.0m
- 84Gateshead£469.2m
- 85Harrow£463.5m
- 86Warrington£444.6m
- 87Calderdale£430.6m
- 88Sutton£429.7m
- 89Richmond upon Thames£427.8m
- 90Solihull£422.5m
- 91St. Helens£422.1m
- 92Bexley£420.6m
- 93Portsmouth£419.7m
- 94Telford and Wrekin£406.4m
- 95Peterborough£401.4m
- 96Hammersmith and Fulham£392.8m
- 97Stockton-on-Tees£389.7m
- 98Herefordshire, County of£389.3m
- 99Blackburn with Darwen£388.7m
- 100Bedford£387.3m
- 101Reading£382.6m
- 102Bury£378.7m
- 103South Tyneside£378.1m
- 104Swindon£375.8m
- 105North Lincolnshire£370.2m
- 106Kensington and Chelsea£370.1m
- 107North Somerset£360.2m
- 108West Berkshire£357.1m
- 109Halton£353.7m
- 110City of London£353.1m
- 111Kingston upon Thames£350.1m
- 112Isle of Wight£331.6m
- 113Southend-on-Sea£330.7m
- 114Middlesbrough£328.7m
- 115York£326.5m
- 116Blackpool£317.1m
- 117Bath and North East Somerset£311.9m
- 118Thurrock£309.4m
- 119Wokingham£309.3m
- 120Slough£304.7m
- 121North East Lincolnshire£293.9m
- 122Redcar and Cleveland£279.5m
- 123Torbay£278.2m
- 124Windsor and Maidenhead£267.1m
- 125Bracknell Forest£251.0m
- 126Hartlepool£228.4m
- 127Darlington£199.3m
- 128Rutland£78.0m
- 129East Suffolk£60.1m
- 130Oxford£53.0m
- 131Basingstoke and Deane£38.9m
- 132East Lindsey£38.7m
- 133Preston£37.6m
- 134Thanet£35.6m
- 135Cherwell£35.2m
- 136Colchester£35.1m
- 137Basildon£34.4m
- 138Spelthorne£33.8m
- 139Chelmsford£32.7m
- 140Elmbridge£31.6m
- 141Cambridge£31.3m
- 142Norwich£30.9m
- 143Dartford£30.8m
- 144Mid Sussex£30.1m
- 145Arun£30.0m
- 146South Cambridgeshire£29.9m
- 147Swale£29.8m
- 148Newcastle-under-Lyme£29.2m
- 149Maidstone£28.9m
- =150Dacorum£28.3m
- =150Wealden£28.3m
- =152Dover£28.2m
- =152West Suffolk£28.2m
- =154South Oxfordshire£28.1m
- =154Watford£28.1m
- 156Tendring£27.6m
- 157Ipswich£26.9m
- =158North Hertfordshire£26.7m
- =158Reigate and Banstead£26.7m
- 160Lancaster£26.5m
- 161Crawley£25.9m
- 162Epping Forest£25.7m
- =163Ashfield£25.6m
- =163New Forest£25.6m
- 165Test Valley£25.4m
- 166Breckland£25.1m
- 167Braintree£24.6m
- =168Horsham£24.2m
- =168Vale of White Horse£24.2m
- 170Lewes£24.0m
- 171Eastbourne£23.9m
- =172Havant£23.3m
- =172West Lancashire£23.3m
- 174Exeter£22.8m
- 175Newark and Sherwood£22.7m
- 176Bassetlaw£22.5m
- 177Winchester£22.2m
- =178East Hertfordshire£22.1m
- =178Gravesham£22.1m
- 180Stratford-on-Avon£22.0m
- =181Tonbridge and Malling£21.5m
- =181Wyre£21.5m
- =183South Derbyshire£21.4m
- =183South Norfolk£21.4m
- 185South Staffordshire£21.2m
- =186Charnwood£21.1m
- =186Chichester£21.1m
- =188Cheltenham£20.9m
- =188Worthing£20.9m
- 190Lincoln£20.8m
- =191Burnley£20.7m
- =191East Staffordshire£20.7m
- 193King's Lynn and West Norfolk£20.5m
- 194Rushmoor£20.4m
- =195East Cambridgeshire£20.3m
- =195Wychavon£20.3m
- 197Hastings£20.2m
- 198Harlow£20.1m
- =199South Ribble£20.0m
- =199Welwyn Hatfield£20.0m
- =201Canterbury£19.9m
- =201Nuneaton and Bedworth£19.9m
- =203Amber Valley£19.8m
- =203Gedling£19.8m
- =203Harborough£19.8m
- =203Stroud£19.8m
- 207Mid Suffolk£19.7m
- 208East Hampshire£19.6m
- 209Sevenoaks£19.2m
- 210Epsom and Ewell£18.8m
- 211South Holland£18.7m
- 212South Hams£18.6m
- 213Ashford£18.5m
- 214Broxbourne£18.3m
- =215Chesterfield£17.9m
- =215Pendle£17.9m
- =217Hyndburn£17.5m
- =217North East Derbyshire£17.5m
- 219North Kesteven£17.3m
- =220Rother£17.2m
- =220West Lindsey£17.2m
- 222Babergh£17.0m
- 223Teignbridge£16.9m
- 224Hertsmere£16.8m
- 225Guildford£16.7m
- 226Three Rivers£16.6m
- =227Broadland£16.4m
- =227Tamworth£16.4m
- =229Boston£16.2m
- =229Uttlesford£16.2m
- =231Bolsover£15.6m
- =231Erewash£15.6m
- =231Fareham£15.6m
- =231West Oxfordshire£15.6m
- =235Forest of Dean£15.3m
- =235Lichfield£15.3m
- =237Gloucester£15.2m
- =237Great Yarmouth£15.2m
- =237Rushcliffe£15.2m
- =237South Kesteven£15.2m
- =237Tunbridge Wells£15.2m
- 242Malvern Hills£14.9m
- 243Mansfield£14.8m
- 244Broxtowe£14.7m
- 245Derbyshire Dales£14.6m
- 246Gosport£14.3m
- 247Wyre Forest£14.2m
- 248Worcester£14.0m
- 249Mole Valley£13.9m
- 250Blaby£13.8m
- 251Bromsgrove£13.7m
- 252Rochford£13.6m
- 253Tandridge£13.5m
- =254Eastleigh£13.3m
- =254Maldon£13.3m
- 256Surrey Heath£13.2m
- 257Chorley£13.1m
- 258Redditch£13.0m
- 259North Devon£12.9m
- =260Hinckley and Bosworth£12.7m
- =260Torridge£12.7m
- =262Brentwood£12.1m
- =262West Devon£12.1m
- 264Fylde£12.0m
- 265Mid Devon£11.9m
- 266Adur£11.5m
- 267Rossendale£11.0m
- 268Melton£10.0m
- 269Hart£8.8m
- 270Stevenage£8.5m
- 271Oadby and Wigston£6.9m
Places with no figure published
Barnsley, its area before 1 April 2025 (given under its new code, E08000038), Cannock Chase (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Castle Point (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Cotswold (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Cumberland (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Dudley (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), East Devon (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Fenland (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Folkestone and Hythe (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), High Peak (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Huntingdonshire (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Isles of Scilly (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), North Norfolk (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), North Warwickshire (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), North West Leicestershire (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Ribble Valley (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Rugby (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Runnymede (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Sandwell (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Sheffield, its area before 1 April 2025 (given under its new code, E08000039), St Albans (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Stafford (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Staffordshire Moorlands (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Tewkesbury (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Warwick (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Waverley (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none), Woking (no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none).
Counties
- 1Kent£2.94bn
- 2Hampshire£2.74bn
- 3Lancashire£2.69bn
- 4Essex£2.41bn
- 5Hertfordshire£2.25bn
- 6Surrey£2.11bn
- 7West Sussex£1.74bn
- 8Norfolk£1.58bn
- 9Derbyshire£1.48bn
- 10Nottinghamshire£1.45bn
- 11Devon£1.36bn
- 12Staffordshire£1.32bn
- 13Lincolnshire£1.29bn
- =14Oxfordshire£1.21bn
- =14Suffolk£1.21bn
- 16Gloucestershire£1.17bn
- 17Warwickshire£1.10bn
- 18Worcestershire£1.06bn
- =19Cambridgeshire£1.05bn
- =19East Sussex£1.05bn
- 21Leicestershire£994.7m
Data table
320 rows
| Area | 2025/26 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Kent E10000016 | £2.94bn | £2.71bn |
| Hampshire E10000014 | £2.74bn | £2.58bn |
| Lancashire E10000017 | £2.69bn | £2.48bn |
| Birmingham E08000025 | £2.66bn | £2.37bn |
| Essex E10000012 | £2.41bn | £2.19bn |
| Hertfordshire E10000015 | £2.25bn | £2.08bn |
| Surrey E10000030 | £2.11bn | £1.98bn |
| West Sussex E10000032 | £1.74bn | £1.62bn |
| Leeds E08000035 | £1.71bn | £1.63bn |
| Norfolk E10000020 | £1.58bn | £1.47bn |
| Derbyshire E10000007 | £1.48bn | £1.37bn |
| Nottinghamshire E10000024 | £1.45bn | £1.32bn |
| Devon E10000008 | £1.36bn | £1.28bn |
| Liverpool E08000012 | £1.35bn | £1.26bn |
| Manchester E08000003 | £1.34bn | £1.26bn |
| Staffordshire E10000028 | £1.32bn | £1.14bn |
| Lincolnshire E10000019 | £1.29bn | £1.14bn |
| Sheffield E08000039 | £1.22bn | given under its old code, E08000019 |
| Oxfordshire E10000025 | £1.21bn | £1.08bn |
| Suffolk E10000029 | £1.21bn | £1.10bn |
| Gloucestershire E10000013 | £1.17bn | £1.07bn |
| North Yorkshire E06000065 | £1.15bn | £1.08bn |
| Cornwall E06000052 | £1.14bn | £1.03bn |
| County Durham E06000047 | £1.12bn | £1.04bn |
| Warwickshire E10000031 | £1.10bn | £989.1m |
| Bradford E08000032 | £1.09bn | £1.02bn |
| Buckinghamshire E06000060 | £1.09bn | £1.03bn |
| Worcestershire E10000034 | £1.06bn | £926.2m |
| Cambridgeshire E10000003 | £1.05bn | £943.7m |
| East Sussex E10000011 | £1.05bn | £997.9m |
| Somerset E06000066 | £1.04bn | £1.01bn |
| Leicestershire E10000018 | £994.7m | £892.9m |
| Tower Hamlets E09000030 | £985.9m | £901.1m |
| Bristol, City of E06000023 | £934.7m | £878.8m |
| Wiltshire E06000054 | £882.9m | £827.6m |
| Croydon E09000008 | £878.1m | £751.7m |
| Leicester E06000016 | £847.9m | £813.2m |
| Kirklees E08000034 | £845.6m | £801.3m |
| Lewisham E09000023 | £830.7m | £777.9m |
| Ealing E09000009 | £823.8m | £778.4m |
| Cheshire West and Chester E06000050 | £813.6m | £783.3m |
| Barnet E09000003 | £805.1m | £738.9m |
| Newham E09000025 | £801.5m | £760.9m |
| Lambeth E09000022 | £793.9m | £802.9m |
| Southwark E09000028 | £791.4m | £701.1m |
| West Northamptonshire E06000062 | £768.8m | £693.3m |
| Dorset E06000059 | £762.5m | £721.2m |
| Hackney E09000012 | £761.3m | £763.5m |
| Wigan E08000010 | £761.2m | £710.4m |
| Greenwich E09000011 | £756.8m | £727.4m |
| Brent E09000005 | £752.6m | £677.7m |
| Redbridge E09000026 | £749.6m | £692.3m |
| Wirral E08000015 | £747.0m | £698.2m |
| Cheshire East E06000049 | £733.9m | £669.4m |
| East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011 | £728.7m | £685.6m |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058 | £718.2m | £645.6m |
| Enfield E09000010 | £711.7m | £678.9m |
| Camden E09000007 | £706.5m | £688.5m |
| Northumberland E06000057 | £698.4m | £604.1m |
| Coventry E08000026 | £678.1m | £648.4m |
| Wakefield E08000036 | £670.4m | £633.0m |
| Nottingham E06000018 | £664.0m | £660.7m |
| Brighton and Hove E06000043 | £663.8m | £603.5m |
| Bolton E08000001 | £663.3m | £605.0m |
| Haringey E09000014 | £653.5m | £609.0m |
| Walsall E08000030 | £652.7m | £640.6m |
| Salford E08000006 | £641.4m | £581.3m |
| Wandsworth E09000032 | £640.0m | £567.0m |
| Islington E09000019 | £636.6m | £610.3m |
| Sefton E08000014 | £631.9m | £600.7m |
| Waltham Forest E09000031 | £630.7m | £593.5m |
| North Northamptonshire E06000061 | £625.9m | £566.0m |
| Stockport E08000007 | £624.6m | £590.0m |
| Hounslow E09000018 | £616.5m | £602.8m |
| Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021 | £612.6m | £557.7m |
| Barking and Dagenham E09000002 | £608.7m | £584.2m |
| Doncaster E08000017 | £591.5m | £535.0m |
| Hillingdon E09000017 | £577.8m | £533.1m |
| Shropshire E06000051 | £570.5m | £531.0m |
| South Gloucestershire E06000025 | £563.3m | £508.4m |
| Westminster E09000033 | £562.2m | £561.8m |
| Sunderland E08000024 | £552.4m | £499.0m |
| Wolverhampton E08000031 | £551.3m | £519.6m |
| Bromley E09000006 | £551.2m | £522.4m |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010 | £548.2m | £504.2m |
| Milton Keynes E06000042 | £547.6m | £520.4m |
| Rochdale E08000005 | £547.5m | £511.9m |
| Stoke-on-Trent E06000021 | £538.0m | £479.8m |
| Havering E09000016 | £536.0m | £490.3m |
| Southampton E06000045 | £531.6m | £558.6m |
| Luton E06000032 | £516.1m | £474.8m |
| Derby E06000015 | £515.3m | £481.0m |
| Plymouth E06000026 | £515.1m | £462.1m |
| Medway E06000035 | £513.8m | £460.9m |
| North Tyneside E08000022 | £506.8m | £469.9m |
| Central Bedfordshire E06000056 | £505.2m | £498.3m |
| Merton E09000024 | £500.2m | £470.6m |
| Westmorland and Furness E06000064 | £498.8m | £467.6m |
| Oldham E08000004 | £494.7m | £525.9m |
| Rotherham E08000018 | £493.6m | £463.4m |
| Tameside E08000008 | £493.0m | £486.0m |
| Trafford E08000009 | £486.4m | £446.7m |
| Barnsley E08000038 | £475.6m | given under its old code, E08000016 |
| Knowsley E08000011 | £472.0m | £430.9m |
| Gateshead E08000037 | £469.2m | £436.6m |
| Harrow E09000015 | £463.5m | £420.0m |
| Warrington E06000007 | £444.6m | £397.7m |
| Calderdale E08000033 | £430.6m | £400.7m |
| Sutton E09000029 | £429.7m | £404.4m |
| Richmond upon Thames E09000027 | £427.8m | £396.7m |
| Solihull E08000029 | £422.5m | £416.5m |
| St. Helens E08000013 | £422.1m | £401.8m |
| Bexley E09000004 | £420.6m | £376.3m |
| Portsmouth E06000044 | £419.7m | £387.0m |
| Telford and Wrekin E06000020 | £406.4m | £374.4m |
| Peterborough E06000031 | £401.4m | £372.6m |
| Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013 | £392.8m | £370.4m |
| Stockton-on-Tees E06000004 | £389.7m | £352.2m |
| Herefordshire, County of E06000019 | £389.3m | £363.3m |
| Blackburn with Darwen E06000008 | £388.7m | £348.2m |
| Bedford E06000055 | £387.3m | £357.0m |
| Reading E06000038 | £382.6m | £353.8m |
| Bury E08000002 | £378.7m | £350.8m |
| South Tyneside E08000023 | £378.1m | £371.2m |
| Swindon E06000030 | £375.8m | £334.7m |
| North Lincolnshire E06000013 | £370.2m | £333.9m |
| Kensington and Chelsea E09000020 | £370.1m | £348.3m |
| North Somerset E06000024 | £360.2m | £336.1m |
| West Berkshire E06000037 | £357.1m | £332.4m |
| Halton E06000006 | £353.7m | £338.0m |
| City of London E09000001 | £353.1m | £353.5m |
| Kingston upon Thames E09000021 | £350.1m | £338.7m |
| Isle of Wight E06000046 | £331.6m | £305.4m |
| Southend-on-Sea E06000033 | £330.7m | £288.2m |
| Middlesbrough E06000002 | £328.7m | £296.0m |
| York E06000014 | £326.5m | £301.0m |
| Blackpool E06000009 | £317.1m | £291.1m |
| Bath and North East Somerset E06000022 | £311.9m | £281.1m |
| Thurrock E06000034 | £309.4m | £201.7m |
| Wokingham E06000041 | £309.3m | £295.5m |
| Slough E06000039 | £304.7m | £272.3m |
| North East Lincolnshire E06000012 | £293.9m | £269.6m |
| Redcar and Cleveland E06000003 | £279.5m | £250.3m |
| Torbay E06000027 | £278.2m | £252.7m |
| Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040 | £267.1m | £250.0m |
| Bracknell Forest E06000036 | £251.0m | £243.9m |
| Hartlepool E06000001 | £228.4m | £205.8m |
| Darlington E06000005 | £199.3m | £187.5m |
| Rutland E06000017 | £78.0m | £70.7m |
| East Suffolk E07000244 | £60.1m | £52.5m |
| Oxford E07000178 | £53.0m | £37.8m |
| Basingstoke and Deane E07000084 | £38.9m | £36.2m |
| East Lindsey E07000137 | £38.7m | £36.7m |
| Preston E07000123 | £37.6m | £33.5m |
| Thanet E07000114 | £35.6m | £35.1m |
| Cherwell E07000177 | £35.2m | £37.5m |
| Colchester E07000071 | £35.1m | £49.8m |
| Basildon E07000066 | £34.4m | £34.8m |
| Spelthorne E07000213 | £33.8m | £39.7m |
| Chelmsford E07000070 | £32.7m | £33.5m |
| Elmbridge E07000207 | £31.6m | £29.7m |
| Cambridge E07000008 | £31.3m | £39.1m |
| Norwich E07000148 | £30.9m | £30.2m |
| Dartford E07000107 | £30.8m | £28.3m |
| Mid Sussex E07000228 | £30.1m | £25.7m |
| Arun E07000224 | £30.0m | £26.9m |
| South Cambridgeshire E07000012 | £29.9m | £26.7m |
| Swale E07000113 | £29.8m | £29.4m |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195 | £29.2m | £28.9m |
| Maidstone E07000110 | £28.9m | £28.2m |
| Dacorum E07000096 | £28.3m | £23.5m |
| Wealden E07000065 | £28.3m | £25.7m |
| West Suffolk E07000245 | £28.2m | £24.5m |
| Dover E07000108 | £28.2m | £24.6m |
| South Oxfordshire E07000179 | £28.1m | £25.6m |
| Watford E07000103 | £28.1m | £27.6m |
| Tendring E07000076 | £27.6m | £25.4m |
| Ipswich E07000202 | £26.9m | £28.9m |
| North Hertfordshire E07000099 | £26.7m | £22.7m |
| Reigate and Banstead E07000211 | £26.7m | £24.8m |
| Lancaster E07000121 | £26.5m | £27.9m |
| Crawley E07000226 | £25.9m | £24.0m |
| Epping Forest E07000072 | £25.7m | £25.2m |
| Ashfield E07000170 | £25.6m | £23.9m |
| New Forest E07000091 | £25.6m | £23.1m |
| Test Valley E07000093 | £25.4m | £24.5m |
| Breckland E07000143 | £25.1m | £25.4m |
| Braintree E07000067 | £24.6m | £22.7m |
| Horsham E07000227 | £24.2m | £25.2m |
| Vale of White Horse E07000180 | £24.2m | £24.4m |
| Lewes E07000063 | £24.0m | £23.6m |
| Eastbourne E07000061 | £23.9m | £17.0m |
| West Lancashire E07000127 | £23.3m | £25.6m |
| Havant E07000090 | £23.3m | £21.1m |
| Exeter E07000041 | £22.8m | £20.1m |
| Newark and Sherwood E07000175 | £22.7m | £25.1m |
| Bassetlaw E07000171 | £22.5m | £24.7m |
| Winchester E07000094 | £22.2m | £19.3m |
| East Hertfordshire E07000242 | £22.1m | £30.4m |
| Gravesham E07000109 | £22.1m | £17.8m |
| Stratford-on-Avon E07000221 | £22.0m | £21.5m |
| Tonbridge and Malling E07000115 | £21.5m | £22.3m |
| Wyre E07000128 | £21.5m | £19.3m |
| South Norfolk E07000149 | £21.4m | £18.3m |
| South Derbyshire E07000039 | £21.4m | £20.3m |
| South Staffordshire E07000196 | £21.2m | £20.0m |
| Charnwood E07000130 | £21.1m | £24.0m |
| Chichester E07000225 | £21.1m | £18.5m |
| Worthing E07000229 | £20.9m | £18.6m |
| Cheltenham E07000078 | £20.9m | £18.2m |
| Lincoln E07000138 | £20.8m | £20.8m |
| East Staffordshire E07000193 | £20.7m | £21.9m |
| Burnley E07000117 | £20.7m | £19.0m |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146 | £20.5m | £23.1m |
| Rushmoor E07000092 | £20.4m | £12.6m |
| Wychavon E07000238 | £20.3m | £20.0m |
| East Cambridgeshire E07000009 | £20.3m | £17.4m |
| Hastings E07000062 | £20.2m | £23.0m |
| Harlow E07000073 | £20.1m | £17.0m |
| Welwyn Hatfield E07000241 | £20.0m | £19.1m |
| South Ribble E07000126 | £20.0m | £21.0m |
| Canterbury E07000106 | £19.9m | £25.4m |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219 | £19.9m | £10.7m |
| Gedling E07000173 | £19.8m | £17.8m |
| Stroud E07000082 | £19.8m | £21.1m |
| Harborough E07000131 | £19.8m | £18.6m |
| Amber Valley E07000032 | £19.8m | £16.7m |
| Mid Suffolk E07000203 | £19.7m | £25.0m |
| East Hampshire E07000085 | £19.6m | £22.0m |
| Sevenoaks E07000111 | £19.2m | £18.7m |
| Epsom and Ewell E07000208 | £18.8m | £17.7m |
| South Holland E07000140 | £18.7m | £12.3m |
| South Hams E07000044 | £18.6m | £18.1m |
| Ashford E07000105 | £18.5m | £23.7m |
| Broxbourne E07000095 | £18.3m | £18.0m |
| Pendle E07000122 | £17.9m | £16.8m |
| Chesterfield E07000034 | £17.9m | £14.7m |
| North East Derbyshire E07000038 | £17.5m | £17.4m |
| Hyndburn E07000120 | £17.5m | £18.7m |
| North Kesteven E07000139 | £17.3m | £16.6m |
| Rother E07000064 | £17.2m | £16.8m |
| West Lindsey E07000142 | £17.2m | £17.0m |
| Babergh E07000200 | £17.0m | £19.9m |
| Teignbridge E07000045 | £16.9m | £19.7m |
| Hertsmere E07000098 | £16.8m | £18.9m |
| Guildford E07000209 | £16.7m | £22.6m |
| Three Rivers E07000102 | £16.6m | £15.4m |
| Tamworth E07000199 | £16.4m | £15.8m |
| Broadland E07000144 | £16.4m | £14.8m |
| Uttlesford E07000077 | £16.2m | £17.3m |
| Boston E07000136 | £16.2m | £14.3m |
| Bolsover E07000033 | £15.6m | £15.5m |
| West Oxfordshire E07000181 | £15.6m | £15.9m |
| Erewash E07000036 | £15.6m | £14.1m |
| Fareham E07000087 | £15.6m | £15.5m |
| Forest of Dean E07000080 | £15.3m | £15.8m |
| Lichfield E07000194 | £15.3m | £13.4m |
| Rushcliffe E07000176 | £15.2m | £15.4m |
| South Kesteven E07000141 | £15.2m | £16.9m |
| Great Yarmouth E07000145 | £15.2m | £18.4m |
| Gloucester E07000081 | £15.2m | £13.9m |
| Tunbridge Wells E07000116 | £15.2m | £16.7m |
| Malvern Hills E07000235 | £14.9m | £11.5m |
| Mansfield E07000174 | £14.8m | £13.3m |
| Broxtowe E07000172 | £14.7m | £13.8m |
| Derbyshire Dales E07000035 | £14.6m | £14.7m |
| Gosport E07000088 | £14.3m | £14.2m |
| Wyre Forest E07000239 | £14.2m | £13.0m |
| Worcester E07000237 | £14.0m | £17.0m |
| Mole Valley E07000210 | £13.9m | £15.1m |
| Blaby E07000129 | £13.8m | £14.4m |
| Bromsgrove E07000234 | £13.7m | £12.1m |
| Rochford E07000075 | £13.6m | £13.3m |
| Tandridge E07000215 | £13.5m | £12.9m |
| Eastleigh E07000086 | £13.3m | £15.1m |
| Maldon E07000074 | £13.3m | £13.2m |
| Surrey Heath E07000214 | £13.2m | £17.9m |
| Chorley E07000118 | £13.1m | £15.9m |
| Redditch E07000236 | £13.0m | £13.9m |
| North Devon E07000043 | £12.9m | £12.9m |
| Torridge E07000046 | £12.7m | £12.4m |
| Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132 | £12.7m | £12.7m |
| West Devon E07000047 | £12.1m | £11.1m |
| Brentwood E07000068 | £12.1m | £7.3m |
| Fylde E07000119 | £12.0m | £11.9m |
| Mid Devon E07000042 | £11.9m | £12.2m |
| Adur E07000223 | £11.5m | £12.1m |
| Rossendale E07000125 | £11.0m | £10.7m |
| Melton E07000133 | £10.0m | £10.3m |
| Hart E07000089 | £8.8m | £9.0m |
| Stevenage E07000243 | £8.5m | £11.3m |
| Oadby and Wigston E07000135 | £6.9m | £7.0m |
| Isles of Scilly E06000053 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £11.1m |
| Cumberland E06000063 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2024/25 of 2026-06-11, so it gives none |
| Fenland E07000010 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £17.5m |
| Huntingdonshire E07000011 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £30.6m |
| High Peak E07000037 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £12.3m |
| East Devon E07000040 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £28.9m |
| Castle Point E07000069 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £13.0m |
| Cotswold E07000079 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £18.0m |
| Tewkesbury E07000083 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £17.3m |
| Folkestone and Hythe E07000112 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £18.2m |
| Ribble Valley E07000124 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £9.3m |
| North West Leicestershire E07000134 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £23.2m |
| North Norfolk E07000147 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £18.4m |
| Cannock Chase E07000192 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £19.5m |
| Stafford E07000197 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £19.2m |
| Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £14.3m |
| Runnymede E07000212 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £15.4m |
| Waverley E07000216 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £14.9m |
| Woking E07000217 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £18.7m |
| North Warwickshire E07000218 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £12.6m |
| Rugby E07000220 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £20.6m |
| Warwick E07000222 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £25.3m |
| St Albans E07000240 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £18.1m |
| Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025 | given under its new code, E08000038 | £414.1m |
| Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025 | given under its new code, E08000039 | £1.12bn |
| Dudley E08000027 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £558.0m |
| Sandwell E08000028 | no return: MHCLG received no revenue outturn return from this council in time for its release of 2025/26 of 2026-09-17, so it gives none | £661.0m |
| England | £144.43bn | £134.23bn |
Map
2025/26 · 296 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in
- £6.9m to £17.5m
- £17.5m to £25.6m
- £25.6m to £357.1m
- £357.1m to £612.6m
- £612.6m to £2.66bn
Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 2 November 2026, 12:31 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2025-to-2026-individual-local-authority-data-outturnSHA-256 12694079251850bd564ab5fe413201278867d5b7d53e57be51bada7668781a7e · 16,369 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6ab26f5dfe72ed1e2b02ee72/RS_LA_Data_2025-26_data_by_LA.odsSHA-256 941c2fbd2dbafc4365cb535639a3c7504a0f54706833c6677e0c2f5ce380fc4a · 389,549 bytes
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2024-to-2025-individual-local-authority-data-outturnSHA-256 36fdaecd5b30b1347787cff3801c1a3a8d06441bc3bcd8541e955711edeaa49f · 18,824 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a2aca48a3674dfd3eb50749/RS_LA_Data_2024-25_data_by_LA.odsSHA-256 cfbf78c41ced0c8a03165edcbf024199180b782113c6a7acb7b2e74d1d8c290c · 394,496 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 2 November 2026, 12:31 UTC Run at 2 November 2026, 12:31 UTC; 640 of 640 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-02T12:31:18Z; 4 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 4 of 4 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 640 of 640 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 640 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 640 of 640 figures match exactly after downloading 4 source file(s) again (4 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2025/26 ended 216 days before retrieval (limit 400), from Revenue outturn summary (RS) 2025 to 2026 |
| Pass | Each authority's revenue account adds up, line by line | 4950 comparisons expected, each whole's parts against it in each measure: 4728 made, 4728 within half of 1e-05 for each figure (4718 exactly); not made, 0 for figures excluded pending verification, 0 for suppressed figures and 222 for blanks in the publisher's table, of every authority's and England's lines 699, 749, 785, 786, 821 and 790 in both years, each whole against its lines |
| Pass | Each class of council adds up to MHCLG's class row where every council returned | 10 comparisons expected, each whole's parts against it in each measure: 6 made, 6 within half of 0.01 for each figure (1 exactly); not made, 0 for figures excluded pending verification, 0 for suppressed figures and 4 for blanks in the publisher's table, of MHCLG's five council classes in total service expenditure, its councils' figures given to £10 or coarser and its class rows to the penny; not made where a council sent no return, as MHCLG's class row then holds its estimate |
| Pass | England's figure agrees with Table 2a of each year's own release | England's total service expenditure in 2 of 2 years equals Table 2a of the year's own release (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2025-to-2026-first-release, https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2024-to-2025-first-release) within the £500 its rounding to £1,000 allows |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Total service expenditure, line 699 of the revenue account: education, highways and transport, social care, public health, housing, culture, environment, planning, police, fire, central and other services.
- Figures net of sales, fees and charges and of income from other authorities, the NHS and elsewhere, as each council returned them to MHCLG, for England's 296 lower-tier councils and 21 counties; a county's figure does not include its districts'. England's figure is MHCLG's for every authority, police, fire, combined, national park and waste authorities and the Greater London Authority included, grossed with its estimates for any return it lacks.
- MHCLG first releases a year in the September after it ends and revises it the next June; each year here is MHCLG's latest release of it. MHCLG gives Barnsley's and Sheffield's figures under the codes they had before the 1st of April 2025 in years up to 2024-25 and under their new codes after, and the hub keeps each where MHCLG gives it.
- 2025/26 as MHCLG published it on 17 September 2026: 25 councils sent no return in time, and England's figure includes MHCLG's estimates for them.
- 2024/25 as MHCLG published it on 11 June 2026: 1 council sent no return in time, and England's figure includes MHCLG's estimates for it.