MHCLG · 293 councils · year to Year ending March 2025
Where did the change in council spending on services happen?
Every council’s change in council spending on services over one year, and how much of the country’s total movement each one holds. Concentration is a description of where figures moved, not of where anything went right or wrong.
Of the movement in council spending on services across 293 local authorities in the year to Year ending March 2025, 19.2% happened in the ten councils that moved most, and half of it in 38.
224 councils rose, 69 fell and 0 were unchanged. Adding the changes together gives +5,541; adding their sizes, ignoring direction, gives 6,119. The national series for this measure rose from £123.8bn in Year ending March 2024 to £134.2bn in Year ending March 2025, up 8.5% (£10.5bn), which is published on its own coverage and is not the sum of these councils.
Money in cash terms: a change in pounds includes any change in prices over the year.
How few councils account for how much
| The councils that moved most | Share of the total movement | Their changes added together |
|---|---|---|
| The single largest | 3.1% | +190 |
| The largest 5 | 11.2% | +684 |
| The largest 10 | 19.2% | +983 |
| The largest 20 | 32.1% | +1,775 |
| The largest 50 | 60.3% | +3,397 |
| All 293 compared | 100% | +5,541 |
A share is of the gross movement: each council’s change taken as a size and added up, so a rise of 100 and a fall of 100 contribute 200, not nothing. The right-hand column adds the same councils’ changes with their signs, so the two columns differ wherever those councils moved in both directions.
Every council
| Council | Year ending March 2024 | Year ending March 2025 | Change | % or points | Share of the movement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Yorkshire | £895.1m | £1.1bn | +189.8 | +21.2% | 3.10% |
| Leeds | £1.5bn | £1.6bn | +137.7 | +9.2% | 2.25% |
| Wiltshire | £705.4m | £827.6m | +122.2 | +17.3% | 2.00% |
| Westminster | £440.3m | £561.8m | +121.5 | +27.6% | 1.99% |
| Southwark | £588.3m | £701.1m | +112.9 | +19.2% | 1.84% |
| Bristol, City of | £769.7m | £878.8m | +109.1 | +14.2% | 1.78% |
| Cornwall | £935.9m | £1bn | +96.6 | +10.3% | 1.58% |
| Birmingham | £2.3bn | £2.4bn | +96.0 | +4.2% | 1.57% |
| Sandwell | £756.5m | £661m | −95.5 | −12.6% | 1.56% |
| Camden | £595.8m | £688.5m | +92.6 | +15.5% | 1.51% |
| Liverpool | £1.2bn | £1.3bn | +92.6 | +8.0% | 1.51% |
| Croydon | £660.6m | £751.7m | +91.0 | +13.8% | 1.49% |
| Manchester | £1.2bn | £1.3bn | +84.0 | +7.1% | 1.37% |
| Southampton | £476.6m | £558.6m | +82.0 | +17.2% | 1.34% |
| Walsall | £563.6m | £640.6m | +76.9 | +13.6% | 1.26% |
| Lambeth | £726.2m | £802.9m | +76.7 | +10.6% | 1.25% |
| Greenwich | £652.4m | £727.4m | +75.0 | +11.5% | 1.23% |
| West Northamptonshire | £621.4m | £693.3m | +71.9 | +11.6% | 1.18% |
| Redbridge | £621.1m | £692.3m | +71.2 | +11.5% | 1.16% |
| Newham | £690.8m | £760.9m | +70.1 | +10.1% | 1.15% |
| Hackney | £695.1m | £763.5m | +68.4 | +9.8% | 1.12% |
| Bromley | £454.6m | £522.4m | +67.8 | +14.9% | 1.11% |
| County Durham | £978.1m | £1bn | +64.4 | +6.6% | 1.05% |
| Wakefield | £569.1m | £633m | +63.9 | +11.2% | 1.04% |
| Tower Hamlets | £837.8m | £901.1m | +63.3 | +7.6% | 1.03% |
| Dorset | £657.9m | £721.2m | +63.3 | +9.6% | 1.03% |
| Wigan | £647.4m | £710.4m | +63.1 | +9.7% | 1.03% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £720.8m | £783.3m | +62.5 | +8.7% | 1.02% |
| Plymouth | £400.1m | £462.1m | +62.0 | +15.5% | 1.01% |
| Bolton | £543.2m | £605m | +61.8 | +11.4% | 1.01% |
| Waltham Forest | £532.4m | £593.5m | +61.2 | +11.5% | 1.00% |
| Milton Keynes | £459.6m | £520.4m | +60.9 | +13.2% | 0.99% |
| Wirral | £637.6m | £698.2m | +60.6 | +9.5% | 0.99% |
| Leicester | £753.6m | £813.2m | +59.5 | +7.9% | 0.97% |
| Salford | £522.4m | £581.3m | +58.9 | +11.3% | 0.96% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £627.8m | £685.6m | +57.8 | +9.2% | 0.94% |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | £446.8m | £504.2m | +57.5 | +12.9% | 0.94% |
| Wandsworth | £509.9m | £567m | +57.1 | +11.2% | 0.93% |
| Sefton | £544.1m | £600.7m | +56.6 | +10.4% | 0.92% |
| Havering | £435.1m | £490.3m | +55.2 | +12.7% | 0.90% |
| Buckinghamshire | £974.9m | £1bn | +53.3 | +5.5% | 0.87% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £593.5m | £645.6m | +52.1 | +8.8% | 0.85% |
| Enfield | £627.5m | £678.9m | +51.4 | +8.2% | 0.84% |
| Thurrock | £252.8m | £201.7m | −51.1 | −20.2% | 0.83% |
| Medway | £409.9m | £460.9m | +51.0 | +12.4% | 0.83% |
| Stockport | £540.3m | £590m | +49.7 | +9.2% | 0.81% |
| Portsmouth | £337.5m | £387m | +49.5 | +14.7% | 0.81% |
| North Northamptonshire | £518.2m | £566m | +47.9 | +9.2% | 0.78% |
| Bradford | £976.9m | £1bn | +47.7 | +4.9% | 0.78% |
| Hounslow | £557.7m | £602.8m | +45.1 | +8.1% | 0.74% |
| Sunderland | £454.5m | £499m | +44.5 | +9.8% | 0.73% |
| Merton | £426.7m | £470.6m | +43.9 | +10.3% | 0.72% |
| Gateshead | £392.9m | £436.6m | +43.7 | +11.1% | 0.71% |
| Rotherham | £421.1m | £463.4m | +42.3 | +10.1% | 0.69% |
| Northumberland | £561.8m | £604.1m | +42.3 | +7.5% | 0.69% |
| Tameside | £443.9m | £486m | +42.1 | +9.5% | 0.69% |
| Knowsley | £389.1m | £430.9m | +41.8 | +10.7% | 0.68% |
| Richmond upon Thames | £355.1m | £396.7m | +41.6 | +11.7% | 0.68% |
| Trafford | £405.5m | £446.7m | +41.2 | +10.2% | 0.67% |
| Luton | £433.8m | £474.8m | +40.9 | +9.4% | 0.67% |
| Doncaster | £494.4m | £535m | +40.6 | +8.2% | 0.66% |
| North Somerset | £295.9m | £336.1m | +40.2 | +13.6% | 0.66% |
| Harrow | £380.2m | £420m | +39.8 | +10.5% | 0.65% |
| Shropshire | £492.2m | £531m | +38.8 | +7.9% | 0.63% |
| Reading | £315.6m | £353.8m | +38.2 | +12.1% | 0.62% |
| Westmorland and Furness | £430.3m | £467.6m | +37.4 | +8.7% | 0.61% |
| Hillingdon | £496.3m | £533.1m | +36.8 | +7.4% | 0.60% |
| Kingston upon Thames | £301.8m | £338.7m | +36.8 | +12.2% | 0.60% |
| Bexley | £340.8m | £376.3m | +35.5 | +10.4% | 0.58% |
| Oldham | £491.7m | £525.9m | +34.2 | +6.9% | 0.56% |
| Barking and Dagenham | £550.7m | £584.2m | +33.4 | +6.1% | 0.55% |
| Calderdale | £367.4m | £400.7m | +33.3 | +9.1% | 0.54% |
| Brighton and Hove | £570.9m | £603.5m | +32.6 | +5.7% | 0.53% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £217.7m | £250m | +32.3 | +14.8% | 0.53% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £525.5m | £557.7m | +32.2 | +6.1% | 0.53% |
| Cheshire East | £637.7m | £669.4m | +31.7 | +5.0% | 0.52% |
| York | £269.9m | £301m | +31.0 | +11.5% | 0.51% |
| Ealing | £747.6m | £778.4m | +30.8 | +4.1% | 0.50% |
| Warrington | £366.9m | £397.7m | +30.8 | +8.4% | 0.50% |
| Islington | £579.6m | £610.3m | +30.7 | +5.3% | 0.50% |
| South Tyneside | £342.1m | £371.2m | +29.2 | +8.5% | 0.48% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £323.2m | £352.2m | +29.1 | +9.0% | 0.48% |
| North Lincolnshire | £305.9m | £333.9m | +28.0 | +9.1% | 0.46% |
| Lewisham | £750.1m | £777.9m | +27.8 | +3.7% | 0.46% |
| Coventry | £620.8m | £648.4m | +27.7 | +4.5% | 0.45% |
| Brent | £650.2m | £677.7m | +27.5 | +4.2% | 0.45% |
| Central Bedfordshire | £470.8m | £498.3m | +27.5 | +5.8% | 0.45% |
| Solihull | £389m | £416.5m | +27.5 | +7.1% | 0.45% |
| St. Helens | £374.3m | £401.8m | +27.5 | +7.3% | 0.45% |
| Rochdale | £484.8m | £511.9m | +27.1 | +5.6% | 0.44% |
| Haringey | £582.2m | £609m | +26.8 | +4.6% | 0.44% |
| South Gloucestershire | £481.7m | £508.4m | +26.7 | +5.5% | 0.44% |
| City of London | £326.9m | £353.5m | +26.6 | +8.1% | 0.44% |
| Kirklees | £774.8m | £801.3m | +26.5 | +3.4% | 0.43% |
| Nottingham | £634.6m | £660.7m | +26.1 | +4.1% | 0.43% |
| Sutton | £379.5m | £404.4m | +24.9 | +6.6% | 0.41% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £263.4m | £288.2m | +24.8 | +9.4% | 0.41% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | £323.5m | £348.2m | +24.7 | +7.6% | 0.40% |
| Derby | £456.9m | £481m | +24.1 | +5.3% | 0.39% |
| Bedford | £333.6m | £357m | +23.3 | +7.0% | 0.38% |
| Peterborough | £349.6m | £372.6m | +23.0 | +6.6% | 0.38% |
| Wolverhampton | £496.7m | £519.6m | +22.9 | +4.6% | 0.37% |
| Bury | £327.9m | £350.8m | +22.9 | +7.0% | 0.37% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £227.9m | £250.3m | +22.4 | +9.8% | 0.37% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | £259.7m | £281.1m | +21.4 | +8.3% | 0.35% |
| Torbay | £231.9m | £252.7m | +20.8 | +9.0% | 0.34% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £459.5m | £479.8m | +20.2 | +4.4% | 0.33% |
| Herefordshire, County of | £343.8m | £363.3m | +19.5 | +5.7% | 0.32% |
| Barnet | £719.7m | £738.9m | +19.2 | +2.7% | 0.31% |
| Hartlepool | £186.6m | £205.8m | +19.2 | +10.3% | 0.31% |
| East Suffolk | £70.7m | £52.5m | −18.1 | −25.7% | 0.30% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £331.5m | £348.3m | +16.8 | +5.1% | 0.28% |
| Middlesbrough | £279.9m | £296m | +16.1 | +5.7% | 0.26% |
| North East Lincolnshire | £254.2m | £269.6m | +15.4 | +6.1% | 0.25% |
| Colchester | £34.8m | £49.8m | +15.1 | +43.3% | 0.25% |
| Isle of Wight | £290.8m | £305.4m | +14.6 | +5.0% | 0.24% |
| Darlington | £174.1m | £187.5m | +13.4 | +7.7% | 0.22% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £361.4m | £374.4m | +13.0 | +3.6% | 0.21% |
| Spelthorne | £27m | £39.7m | +12.7 | +47.2% | 0.21% |
| West Berkshire | £319.7m | £332.4m | +12.6 | +3.9% | 0.21% |
| North Tyneside | £458.1m | £469.9m | +11.8 | +2.6% | 0.19% |
| Dudley | £546.5m | £558m | +11.5 | +2.1% | 0.19% |
| Rutland | £59.4m | £70.7m | +11.3 | +19.0% | 0.18% |
| East Hertfordshire | £21.2m | £30.4m | +9.2 | +43.3% | 0.15% |
| Swindon | £325.8m | £334.7m | +8.9 | +2.7% | 0.15% |
| West Lancashire | £17m | £25.6m | +8.6 | +50.7% | 0.14% |
| Somerset | £1bn | £1bn | −8.4 | −0.8% | 0.14% |
| Eastbourne | £24.9m | £17m | −7.9 | −31.7% | 0.13% |
| Wokingham | £288.1m | £295.5m | +7.4 | +2.6% | 0.12% |
| Mid Suffolk | £17.7m | £25m | +7.3 | +40.9% | 0.12% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £43.2m | £36.2m | −7.0 | −16.3% | 0.11% |
| Babergh | £13m | £19.9m | +6.9 | +53.4% | 0.11% |
| Thanet | £28.3m | £35.1m | +6.8 | +23.9% | 0.11% |
| Oxford | £31.4m | £37.8m | +6.4 | +20.5% | 0.11% |
| Rushmoor | £18.7m | £12.6m | −6.1 | −32.6% | 0.10% |
| Lewes | £17.5m | £23.6m | +6.0 | +34.4% | 0.10% |
| Huntingdonshire | £24.7m | £30.6m | +5.9 | +24.0% | 0.10% |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | £28.8m | £23.1m | −5.7 | −19.7% | 0.09% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £23.2m | £28.9m | +5.7 | +24.4% | 0.09% |
| Tamworth | £10.6m | £15.8m | +5.1 | +48.0% | 0.08% |
| Vale of White Horse | £19.4m | £24.4m | +5.0 | +25.7% | 0.08% |
| Canterbury | £20.5m | £25.4m | +4.9 | +23.9% | 0.08% |
| Wealden | £21m | £25.7m | +4.7 | +22.6% | 0.08% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | £22.9m | £18.2m | −4.7 | −20.6% | 0.08% |
| East Lindsey | £32m | £36.7m | +4.7 | +14.7% | 0.08% |
| Sevenoaks | £23.3m | £18.7m | −4.6 | −19.7% | 0.08% |
| Guildford | £18m | £22.6m | +4.5 | +25.1% | 0.07% |
| Three Rivers | £19.9m | £15.4m | −4.5 | −22.4% | 0.07% |
| Horsham | £21m | £25.2m | +4.2 | +20.2% | 0.07% |
| South Holland | £16.5m | £12.3m | −4.2 | −25.3% | 0.07% |
| Mid Sussex | £21.6m | £25.7m | +4.2 | +19.4% | 0.07% |
| North Devon | £8.9m | £12.9m | +4.0 | +45.3% | 0.07% |
| Halton | £334m | £338m | +4 | +1.2% | 0.07% |
| Mid Devon | £16.1m | £12.2m | −3.9 | −24.2% | 0.06% |
| East Staffordshire | £18.1m | £21.9m | +3.8 | +21.2% | 0.06% |
| Bracknell Forest | £240.1m | £243.9m | +3.8 | +1.6% | 0.06% |
| Bassetlaw | £21.2m | £24.7m | +3.6 | +16.9% | 0.06% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £14.1m | £10.7m | −3.5 | −24.5% | 0.06% |
| Chesterfield | £18.1m | £14.7m | −3.4 | −18.8% | 0.06% |
| Chichester | £15.1m | £18.5m | +3.4 | +22.5% | 0.06% |
| Tunbridge Wells | £13.4m | £16.7m | +3.3 | +25.0% | 0.05% |
| Bolsover | £12.2m | £15.5m | +3.3 | +27.0% | 0.05% |
| Stroud | £18m | £21.1m | +3.2 | +17.6% | 0.05% |
| East Hampshire | £25.1m | £22m | −3.1 | −12.3% | 0.05% |
| Harborough | £15.5m | £18.6m | +3.1 | +19.9% | 0.05% |
| Blackpool | £288.1m | £291.1m | +3.0 | +1.1% | 0.05% |
| Breckland | £22.4m | £25.4m | +3.0 | +13.6% | 0.05% |
| Lincoln | £17.8m | £20.8m | +2.9 | +16.5% | 0.05% |
| Great Yarmouth | £15.6m | £18.4m | +2.8 | +18.2% | 0.05% |
| Rugby | £17.7m | £20.6m | +2.8 | +15.8% | 0.05% |
| Dartford | £25.5m | £28.3m | +2.8 | +10.9% | 0.05% |
| Reigate and Banstead | £27.5m | £24.8m | −2.7 | −10.0% | 0.04% |
| South Oxfordshire | £22.9m | £25.6m | +2.7 | +12.0% | 0.04% |
| South Cambridgeshire | £24.1m | £26.7m | +2.6 | +10.8% | 0.04% |
| Ipswich | £26.4m | £28.9m | +2.6 | +9.8% | 0.04% |
| Malvern Hills | £9m | £11.5m | +2.6 | +28.7% | 0.04% |
| Forest of Dean | £13.3m | £15.8m | +2.5 | +19.2% | 0.04% |
| South Derbyshire | £17.7m | £20.3m | +2.5 | +14.3% | 0.04% |
| Exeter | £17.6m | £20.1m | +2.5 | +14.2% | 0.04% |
| Burnley | £16.5m | £19m | +2.5 | +14.9% | 0.04% |
| Chelmsford | £36m | £33.5m | −2.5 | −6.8% | 0.04% |
| Newark and Sherwood | £22.6m | £25.1m | +2.4 | +10.7% | 0.04% |
| North East Derbyshire | £15.1m | £17.4m | +2.3 | +15.4% | 0.04% |
| Hastings | £25.3m | £23m | −2.3 | −9.1% | 0.04% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £16.8m | £19.1m | +2.3 | +13.5% | 0.04% |
| Charnwood | £21.7m | £24m | +2.2 | +10.4% | 0.04% |
| Rochford | £11.1m | £13.3m | +2.2 | +20.2% | 0.04% |
| Arun | £29.2m | £26.9m | −2.2 | −7.7% | 0.04% |
| Cherwell | £35.3m | £37.5m | +2.2 | +6.3% | 0.04% |
| Cheltenham | £20.4m | £18.2m | −2.2 | −10.8% | 0.04% |
| Test Valley | £22.3m | £24.5m | +2.2 | +9.8% | 0.04% |
| Swale | £27.3m | £29.4m | +2.2 | +7.9% | 0.04% |
| Worthing | £20.8m | £18.6m | −2.1 | −10.3% | 0.04% |
| Gedling | £15.6m | £17.8m | +2.1 | +13.7% | 0.03% |
| North Norfolk | £20.6m | £18.4m | −2.1 | −10.4% | 0.03% |
| Epping Forest | £23.1m | £25.2m | +2.1 | +9.2% | 0.03% |
| Boston | £16.4m | £14.3m | −2.1 | −12.8% | 0.03% |
| Tandridge | £10.8m | £12.9m | +2.1 | +19.0% | 0.03% |
| Derbyshire Dales | £12.7m | £14.7m | +2.0 | +15.8% | 0.03% |
| Erewash | £16m | £14.1m | −2.0 | −12.3% | 0.03% |
| Oadby and Wigston | £8.9m | £7m | −1.9 | −21.9% | 0.03% |
| Mansfield | £15.2m | £13.3m | −1.9 | −12.5% | 0.03% |
| Ashfield | £22m | £23.9m | +1.9 | +8.6% | 0.03% |
| Melton | £12.2m | £10.3m | −1.9 | −15.4% | 0.03% |
| Wychavon | £18.1m | £20m | +1.8 | +10.2% | 0.03% |
| Norwich | £32m | £30.2m | −1.8 | −5.7% | 0.03% |
| Tewkesbury | £15.5m | £17.3m | +1.8 | +11.4% | 0.03% |
| New Forest | £21.3m | £23.1m | +1.7 | +8.2% | 0.03% |
| Harlow | £15.3m | £17m | +1.7 | +11.3% | 0.03% |
| Lancaster | £29.6m | £27.9m | −1.7 | −5.8% | 0.03% |
| Bromsgrove | £13.8m | £12.1m | −1.7 | −12.4% | 0.03% |
| Redditch | £15.5m | £13.9m | −1.6 | −10.4% | 0.03% |
| Wyre | £17.7m | £19.3m | +1.6 | +9.1% | 0.03% |
| Braintree | £24.3m | £22.7m | −1.6 | −6.6% | 0.03% |
| Fareham | £16.9m | £15.5m | −1.4 | −8.4% | 0.02% |
| High Peak | £10.9m | £12.3m | +1.4 | +13.1% | 0.02% |
| Pendle | £15.4m | £16.8m | +1.4 | +9.2% | 0.02% |
| Rushcliffe | £16.8m | £15.4m | −1.4 | −8.3% | 0.02% |
| Isles of Scilly | £9.7m | £11.1m | +1.4 | +14.2% | 0.02% |
| Gloucester | £15.2m | £13.9m | −1.4 | −8.9% | 0.02% |
| Worcester | £15.6m | £17m | +1.4 | +8.7% | 0.02% |
| West Devon | £9.8m | £11.1m | +1.3 | +13.7% | 0.02% |
| Fylde | £10.5m | £11.9m | +1.3 | +12.5% | 0.02% |
| Basildon | £36.1m | £34.8m | −1.3 | −3.6% | 0.02% |
| Woking | £17.4m | £18.7m | +1.2 | +7.2% | 0.02% |
| East Cambridgeshire | £16.2m | £17.4m | +1.2 | +7.5% | 0.02% |
| North Hertfordshire | £21.5m | £22.7m | +1.2 | +5.6% | 0.02% |
| Runnymede | £16.6m | £15.4m | −1.2 | −7.1% | 0.02% |
| South Ribble | £22.1m | £21m | −1.1 | −5.0% | 0.02% |
| Cannock Chase | £18.4m | £19.5m | +1.1 | +5.9% | 0.02% |
| Rother | £17.8m | £16.8m | −1.1 | −6.0% | 0.02% |
| Surrey Heath | £16.9m | £18m | +1.0 | +6.1% | 0.02% |
| Lichfield | £14.4m | £13.4m | −1.0 | −7.1% | 0.02% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £20.5m | £21.5m | +1.0 | +4.9% | 0.02% |
| Elmbridge | £28.8m | £29.7m | +1.0 | +3.3% | 0.02% |
| Broxtowe | £14.7m | £13.8m | −0.9 | −6.4% | 0.02% |
| South Staffordshire | £20.9m | £20m | −0.9 | −4.3% | 0.01% |
| North Kesteven | £17.5m | £16.6m | −0.8 | −4.8% | 0.01% |
| Watford | £28.4m | £27.6m | −0.8 | −2.8% | 0.01% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £21.5m | £22.3m | +0.8 | +3.7% | 0.01% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £371.2m | £370.4m | −0.8 | −0.2% | 0.01% |
| Slough | £273.1m | £272.3m | −0.8 | −0.3% | 0.01% |
| Amber Valley | £17.4m | £16.7m | −0.8 | −4.3% | 0.01% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £13.6m | £14.3m | +0.7 | +5.5% | 0.01% |
| Maidstone | £29m | £28.2m | −0.7 | −2.5% | 0.01% |
| North Warwickshire | £11.9m | £12.6m | +0.7 | +6.1% | 0.01% |
| Preston | £32.8m | £33.5m | +0.7 | +2.1% | 0.01% |
| Tendring | £26.1m | £25.4m | −0.7 | −2.6% | 0.01% |
| Stafford | £18.5m | £19.2m | +0.7 | +3.7% | 0.01% |
| Cambridge | £39.8m | £39.1m | −0.7 | −1.7% | 0.01% |
| North West Leicestershire | £22.5m | £23.2m | +0.6 | +2.9% | 0.01% |
| Havant | £21.7m | £21.1m | −0.6 | −2.9% | 0.01% |
| Gosport | £13.5m | £14.2m | +0.6 | +4.7% | 0.01% |
| Hertsmere | £18.3m | £18.9m | +0.6 | +3.4% | 0.01% |
| Fenland | £16.9m | £17.5m | +0.6 | +3.6% | 0.01% |
| Hart | £9.6m | £9m | −0.6 | −6.1% | 0.01% |
| Epsom and Ewell | £17.1m | £17.7m | +0.6 | +3.4% | 0.01% |
| Teignbridge | £19.2m | £19.7m | +0.6 | +3.0% | 0.01% |
| Hyndburn | £18.2m | £18.7m | +0.5 | +3.0% | 0.01% |
| St Albans | £17.6m | £18.1m | +0.5 | +3.1% | 0.01% |
| Uttlesford | £17.8m | £17.3m | −0.5 | −2.9% | 0.01% |
| Maldon | £12.7m | £13.2m | +0.5 | +3.9% | 0.01% |
| Castle Point | £12.5m | £13m | +0.5 | +3.9% | 0.01% |
| Chorley | £16.4m | £15.9m | −0.5 | −2.9% | 0.01% |
| South Kesteven | £16.4m | £16.9m | +0.5 | +2.8% | 0.01% |
| Gravesham | £18.2m | £17.8m | −0.4 | −2.4% | 0.01% |
| Rossendale | £10.3m | £10.7m | +0.4 | +4.3% | 0.01% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £13.1m | £12.7m | −0.4 | −3.4% | 0.01% |
| Dacorum | £23.1m | £23.5m | +0.4 | +1.8% | 0.01% |
| Broxbourne | £17.6m | £18m | +0.4 | +2.1% | 0.01% |
| Wyre Forest | £12.6m | £13m | +0.4 | +2.9% | 0.01% |
| Crawley | £23.7m | £24m | +0.3 | +1.5% | 0.01% |
| Ribble Valley | £9.5m | £9.3m | −0.2 | −2.5% | 0.00% |
| Brentwood | £7.5m | £7.3m | −0.2 | −2.9% | 0.00% |
| East Devon | £29.2m | £28.9m | −0.2 | −0.7% | 0.00% |
| Winchester | £19.6m | £19.3m | −0.2 | −1.1% | 0.00% |
| Mole Valley | £15.3m | £15.1m | −0.2 | −1.4% | 0.00% |
| Ashford | £23.5m | £23.7m | +0.2 | +0.8% | 0.00% |
| Dover | £24.5m | £24.6m | +0.2 | +0.8% | 0.00% |
| Adur | £11.9m | £12.1m | +0.2 | +1.5% | 0.00% |
| West Suffolk | £24.7m | £24.5m | −0.2 | −0.7% | 0.00% |
| Cotswold | £18.2m | £18m | −0.2 | −0.9% | 0.00% |
| Broadland | £14.7m | £14.8m | +0.1 | +0.8% | 0.00% |
| Warwick | £25.1m | £25.3m | +0.1 | +0.4% | 0.00% |
| Waverley | £15m | £14.9m | −0.1 | −0.6% | 0.00% |
| Blaby | £14.5m | £14.4m | −0.1 | −0.6% | 0.00% |
| West Oxfordshire | £16m | £15.9m | −0.1 | −0.5% | 0.00% |
| West Lindsey | £17m | £17m | +0.1 | +0.4% | 0.00% |
| Eastleigh | £15.1m | £15.1m | +0.1 | +0.4% | 0.00% |
| South Norfolk | £18.4m | £18.3m | 0.0 | −0.1% | 0.00% |
| South Hams | £18.2m | £18.1m | 0.0 | −0.1% | 0.00% |
| Torridge | £12.4m | £12.4m | 0.0 | +0.1% | 0.00% |
| Stevenage | £11.3m | £11.3m | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Cumberland | £460.7mYear ending March 2024 | no figure published a year earlier | |||
What this establishes
It establishes how much of one year’s movement in these published figures sits in how few councils, and which councils those are. It does not establish why any council moved, and a large share is not a finding about a council: the councils with the largest populations and budgets hold the largest shares of most totals, in both directions.
Each council’s change is its own newest figure against its own figure a year earlier by period end; a council without both is listed with the reason and is left out of the shares. Councils that publish on different schedules therefore appear against slightly different periods, which the row states.
Of the movement in council spending on services across 293 local authorities in the year to Year ending March 2025, 19.2% happened in the ten councils that moved most, and half of it in 38.