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Explanatory note on Core Spending Power: provisional local government finance settlement 2025 to 2026

Explanatory note on Core Spending Power for the provisional local government finance settlement 2025 to 2026.

Applies to England

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Core Spending Power measures the core revenue funding available for local authority services through the local government finance settlement. It consists of revenue grant funding made available through the settlement, locally retained business rates and council tax.

This explanatory note sets out the methodology used to calculate Core Spending Power and what funding is included within it.

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Published 18 December 2024

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