Exceptional Financial Support for local authorities for 2024-25
Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested Exceptional Financial Support in financial year 2024-25 and the associated external assurance reviews.
Applies to England
In the financial year 2024-25 the previous government agreed to provide 19 councils with support to manage financial pressures via the Exceptional Financial Support process. For 11 councils this included agreement to support for prior years.
Councils were provided with in-principle capitalisation support in February 2024 ahead of their budget setting. This page will be updated with final amounts of capitalisation agreed and capitalisation directions issued once confirmed.
For some councils the support requested and agreed covers prior years. Any subsequent changes to figures are detailed below the original in-principle amount.
| Local authority | Exceptional Financial Support requests from local authorities: 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Birmingham | £685.0m (support agreed in-principle) This was subsequently revised to: £490.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2024-25) £570.1m agreed in-principle covering: 2020-21: £288.4m 2021-22: £109.5m 2022-23: £172.2m |
| Bradford | £80.0m for 2023-24 |
| Cheshire East | £17.6m |
| Croydon | £38.0m (support agreed in-principle) This was subsequently revised to: £51.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2024-25) £9.4m |
| Cumberland | £41.23m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Eastbourne | £3.0m £3.0m |
| Havering | £18.14m for 2023-24 |
| Medway | |
| Middlesbrough | |
| North Northamptonshire | |
| Nottingham | |
| Plymouth | £72.0m |
| Slough | £23.078m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Somerset | |
| Southampton | £121.58m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £20.5m for 2023-24 |
| Thurrock | £68.6m (support agreed in-principle) This was subsequently revised to: |
| West Northamptonshire | |
| Woking | £95.6m (support agreed in-principle) This was subsequently £93.6m (support agreed in-principle for 2024-25) £235.1m agreed in-principle for 2023-24 |
Capitalisation directions
Assurance reviews
CIPFA local government finance review: Bradford
CIPFA local government finance review: Cheshire East
CIPFA local government finance review: Cumberland
CIPFA local government finance review: Eastbourne
CIPFA local government finance review: Havering
CIPFA local government finance review: Medway
CIPFA local government finance review: Middlesborough
CIPFA local government finance review: Plymouth
CIPFA local government finance review: Somerset
CIPFA local government finance review: Southampton
CIPFA local government finance review: Stoke-on-Trent
CIPFA local government finance review: West Northamptonshire
Interventions in local authorities
Statutory intervention: Birmingham City Council
Statutory intervention: London Borough of Croydon
Statutory intervention: Nottingham City Council
Statutory intervention: Slough Borough Council
Updates to this page
Last updated
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Added CIPFA local government finance review: Plymouth.
Update history
2026-02-23 15:02
Revised front page figures and added capitalisation directions
2025-03-20 15:39
Added CIPFA local government finance review: Plymouth.
2025-03-13 17:23
Added directions for Croydon 2019-20 and Bradford, Stoke, Havering 2023-24 (also reflected in table).Added external assurance reviews for Bradford, Cheshire East, Cumberland, Eastbourne, Havering, Medway, Middlesbrough, Somerset, Southampton, Stoke and West Northamptonshire.
2024-02-29 14:10
First published.