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Service spending · 2024–25
Highest published value in this view
£8,448,879
2024–25
2023–24: £7,813,761
Published local-authority service expenditure across comparable categories.
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What councils choose
Budgets, outturn, reserves and council tax show different moments in local public finance.
What councils choose
The evidence
What the current releases show
Updated 2 Aug 2026
02
Budget and outturn · Westminster
Highest published value in this view
£561,812
Outturn
Budget: £477,645
Planned expenditure compared with the later recorded outturn.
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Reserves and borrowing · Westminster
Highest published value in this view
£572,688
Gross borrowing
Revenue reserves: £353,963
Published reserve and borrowing measures kept as separate stocks.
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Council-tax allocation · Education
Highest published value in this view
£8,027,372
Education
Adult social care: £3,469,009
Service shares in the published council-tax presentation.
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