370 councils
Council budgets: find your local authority
Pick a council to see how much it spends, what it spends it on, how much that is per resident, and how it compares with similar councils.
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England councils (316)
- Adur Council
- Amber Valley Council
- Arun Council
- Ashfield Council
- Ashford Council
- Babergh Council
- Barking & Dagenham Council
- Barnet Council
- Barnsley Council
- Basildon Council
- Basingstoke & Deane Council
- Bassetlaw Council
- Bath & North East Somerset Council
- Bedford Council
- Bexley Council
- Birmingham Council
- Blaby Council
- Blackburn with Darwen Council
- Blackpool Council
- Bolsover Council
- Bolton Council
- Boston Council
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council
- Bracknell Forest Council
- Bradford Council
- Braintree Council
- Breckland Council
- Brent Council
- Brentwood Council
- Brighton & Hove Council
- Bristol Council
- Broadland Council
- Bromley Council
- Bromsgrove Council
- Broxbourne Council
- Broxtowe Council
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Burnley Council
- Bury Council
- Calderdale Council
- Cambridge Council
- Cambridgeshire County Council
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- Cannock Chase Council
- Canterbury Council
- Castle Point Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- Charnwood Council
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- City of London Council
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- Dacorum Council
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- Dudley Council
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- Ealing Council
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- East Staffordshire Council
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- East Sussex County Council
- Eastbourne Council
- Eastleigh Council
- Elmbridge Council
- Enfield Council
- Epping Forest Council
- Epsom & Ewell Council
- Erewash Council
- Essex County Council
- Exeter Council
- Fareham Council
- Fenland Council
- Folkestone & Hythe Council
- Forest of Dean Council
- Fylde Council
- Gateshead Council
- Gedling Council
- Gloucester Council
- Gloucestershire County Council
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- Great Yarmouth Council
- Greenwich Council
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- Hackney Council
- Halton Council
- Hammersmith & Fulham Council
- Hampshire County Council
- Harborough Council
- Haringey Council
- Harlow Council
- Harrow Council
- Hart Council
- Hartlepool Council
- Hastings Council
- Havant Council
- Havering Council
- Herefordshire Council
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Hertsmere Council
- High Peak Council
- Hillingdon Council
- Hinckley & Bosworth Council
- Horsham Council
- Hounslow Council
- Huntingdonshire Council
- Hyndburn Council
- Ipswich Council
- Isle of Wight Council
- Isles of Scilly Council
- Islington Council
- Kensington & Chelsea Council
- Kent County Council
- King's Lynn & West Norfolk Council
- Kingston Upon Thames Council
- Kingston-upon-Hull Council
- Kirklees Council
- Knowsley Council
- Lambeth Council
- Lancashire County Council
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- Leeds Council
- Leicester City Council
- Leicestershire County Council
- Lewes Council
- Lewisham Council
- Lichfield Council
- Lincoln City Council
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- Liverpool Council
- Luton Council
- Maidstone Council
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- Manchester Council
- Mansfield Council
- Medway Towns Council
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- Middlesbrough Council
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- Mole Valley Council
- New Forest Council
- Newark & Sherwood Council
- Newcastle Council
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Council
- Newham Council
- Norfolk County Council
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- North East Lincolnshire Council
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- North West Leicestershire Council
- North Yorkshire Council
- Northumberland Council
- Norwich City Council
- Nottingham City Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
- Nuneaton & Bedworth Council
- Oadby & Wigston Council
- Oldham Council
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- Pendle Council
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- Plymouth Council
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- Preston Council
- Reading Council
- Redbridge Council
- Redcar & Cleveland Council
- Redditch Council
- Reigate and Banstead Council
- Ribble Valley Council
- Richmond upon Thames Council
- Rochdale Council
- Rochford Council
- Rossendale Council
- Rother Council
- Rotherham Council
- Rugby Council
- Runnymede Council
- Rushcliffe Council
- Rushmoor Council
- Rutland Council
- Salford Council
- Sandwell Council
- Sefton Council
- Sevenoaks Council
- Sheffield Council
- Shropshire Council
- Slough Council
- Solihull Council
- Somerset Council
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- South Holland Council
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- South Norfolk Council
- South Oxfordshire Council
- South Ribble Council
- South Staffordshire Council
- South Tyneside Council
- Southampton Council
- Southend-on-Sea Council
- Southwark Council
- Spelthorne Council
- St Albans Council
- St Helens Council
- Stafford Council
- Staffordshire County Council
- Staffordshire Moorlands Council
- Stevenage Council
- Stockport Council
- Stockton-on-Tees Council
- Stoke-on-Trent Council
- Stratford-on-Avon Council
- Stroud Council
- Suffolk County Council
- Sunderland Council
- Surrey County Council
- Surrey Heath Council
- Sutton Council
- Swale Council
- Swindon Council
- Tameside Council
- Tamworth Council
- Tandridge Council
- Teignbridge Council
- Telford & the Wrekin Council
- Tendring Council
- Test Valley Council
- Tewkesbury Council
- Thanet Council
- Three Rivers Council
- Thurrock Council
- Tonbridge & Malling Council
- Torbay Council
- Torridge Council
- Tower Hamlets Council
- Trafford Council
- Tunbridge Wells Council
- Uttlesford Council
- Vale of White Horse Council
- Wakefield Council
- Walsall Council
- Waltham Forest Council
- Wandsworth Council
- Warrington Council
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- Warwickshire County Council
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- Waverley Council
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- Woking Council
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- Wolverhampton Council
- Worcester Council
- Worcestershire County Council
- Worthing Council
- Wychavon Council
- Wyre Council
- Wyre Forest Council
- York Council
Scotland councils (32)
- Aberdeen City Council
- Aberdeenshire Council
- Angus Council
- Argyll and Bute Council
- City of Edinburgh Council
- Clackmannanshire Council
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Dundee City Council
- East Ayrshire Council
- East Dunbartonshire Council
- East Lothian Council
- East Renfrewshire Council
- Falkirk Council
- Fife Council
- Glasgow City Council
- Highland Council
- Inverclyde Council
- Midlothian Council
- Moray Council
- Na h-Eileanan Siar Council
- North Ayrshire Council
- North Lanarkshire Council
- Orkney Islands Council
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Renfrewshire Council
- Scottish Borders Council
- Shetland Islands Council
- South Ayrshire Council
- South Lanarkshire Council
- Stirling Council
- West Dunbartonshire Council
- West Lothian Council
Wales councils (22)
- Blaenau Gwent Council
- Bridgend Council
- Caerphilly Council
- Cardiff Council
- Carmarthenshire Council
- Ceredigion Council
- Conwy Council
- Denbighshire Council
- Flintshire Council
- Gwynedd Council
- Isle of Anglesey Council
- Merthyr Tydfil Council
- Monmouthshire Council
- Neath Port Talbot Council
- Newport Council
- Pembrokeshire Council
- Powys Council
- Rhondda Cynon Taf Council
- Swansea Council
- Torfaen Council
- Vale of Glamorgan Council
- Wrexham Council
Common questions
How do I find my council’s budget?
Find your council in the A to Z list below. Each page shows its net service spending, spend per resident, a breakdown by service and its rank against comparable councils.
Which UK council has the biggest budget?
Birmingham Council has the biggest net service budget of any single-tier council at £2.4bn.
What do council budgets include?
Net current service expenditure only. They exclude NHS spending, pensions, Universal Credit and debt interest.