Civometry

MHCLG · 13 December 2019 – 5 July 2024

Council spending on services during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

Year ending March 2019 → Year ending March 2024 · 5 periods

↑ 35.4%+£32.3bn £ million

Council spending on services rose by 35.4% over the period, from £91.4bn £ million (Year ending March 2019, the level when the government took office) to £123.8bn (Year ending March 2024, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2019: £91.4bn
  2. Level when it left Year ending March 2024: £123.8bn
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Council spending on services: Year ending March 2018 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k2018202020222024Year ending March 2018: £89.8bn £ million · published 13 August 2026Year ending March 2019: £91.4bn £ million · published 13 August 2026Year ending March 2020: £94.6bn £ million · published 13 August 2026Year ending March 2021: £106.3bn £ million · published 13 August 2026Year ending March 2022: £107.1bn £ million · published 13 August 2026Year ending March 2023: £113.5bn £ million · published 13 August 2026Year ending March 2024: £123.8bn £ million · published 13 August 2026Year ending March 2025: £134.2bn £ million · published 13 August 2026
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Definition and caveats

Net current expenditure on services by each English local authority in the financial year — what running education, social care, housing, transport, bins, planning and the rest actually cost after the income each service earned is taken off — from the revenue outturn returns councils file with MHCLG.

Doesn’t measure: Capital spending, debt interest, housing benefit payments or the HRA landlord account; nor like-for-like comparability between authorities of different classes — in two-tier areas the county and its districts run different services and report separately.