Upper-tier local authorities that drew down usable reserves, by number of years they made consecutive draw-downs, 2012/13–2024/25

Source: Institute for Government analysis of MHCLG, 'Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England', 2009/10 to 2024/25.Notes: This shows English local authorities only. This strips out reserves that were related to Covid funding between 2019/20 and 2023/24. This includes both upper- and single-tier authorities, but we use upper-tier in the title for simplicity. "Usable reserves" is the sum of "unallocated reserves" and "other earmarked reserves". This analysis adjusted reserves for inflation.Get the data Download image
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