Real-terms change in local authority spending power since 2010/11, by local authority

A line chart from the Institute for Government of real-terms change in local authority spending power since 2010/11, by local authority, where the median fell by just over 25% up to 2019/20 before partly recovering, with the gap between the 25th and 75th percentile widening since 2010/11.

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of MHCLG, 'Core Spending Power table: final local government finance settlement 2025 to 2026' and HMT, 'Spending review document', 2025.Notes: This shows upper- and single-tier local authorities in England only. Spending power before 2015/16 is an estimate using changes in revenue spending power. This excludes any local authorities that reorganised in this time.Get the dataEmbed Download image