Exceptional Financial Support for local authorities for 2023-24

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In the financial year 2023-24 the previous government agreed to provide 8 councils with support to manage financial pressures via the Exceptional Financial Support process. For 2 councils this included agreement to support for prior years.

Local authority	Exceptional Financial Support requests from local authorities: 2023-24
Croydon	£63.0m (support agreed in-principle) This was subsequently revised to: £50.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2023-24) £161.6m agreed in-principle covering: 2019-20: £126.0m 2020-21: £10.0m 2021-22: £14.4m 2022-23: £11.2m
Cumberland	£40.0m (support agreed in-principle)
Kensington and Chelsea	£51.8m
Lambeth	£50.0m (covering 2023-24 to 2024-25)
Slough	£31.6m (support agreed in-principle)
Thurrock	£180.17m (support agreed in-principle) £452.491m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 This was reprofiled to: £40.0m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 (February 2024), then subsequently reprofiled to £130.0m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 (February 2025) £234.5m agreed in-principle for 2023-24 (February 2024), then subsequently reprofiled to £184.0m agreed in-principle for 2023-24 (February 2025)
Westmorland and Furness	£26.0m (support agreed in-principle)
West Northamptonshire	£6.6m (support agreed in-principle)