Where the money is spent

Our total budget for 2024-25 is £1.964 billion.

We spend it on the following:

£764m - Children's Services, including schools
£667m- Adult Social Services
£340m - Community and Environmental Services
£120m - General Finance - includes money set aside for interest and repayment of loans for capital projects (eg schools and roads) and pension payments
£73m - Running the council (including HR, IMT, communications, legal and democratic services)