Exceptional Financial Support for local authorities for 2024-25
Source: gov.uk (2025-03-20)

Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested Exceptional Financial Support in financial year 2024-25 and the associated external assurance reviews.

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.

Capitalisation directions

Lambeth Council capitalisation direction 2023-24 and 2024-25 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67b6fe9a32b2aab18314bc29/Lambeth_Council_revised_capitalisation_direction_2023-24.pdf) (PDF, 296 KB, 2 pages)

Croydon capitalisation direction 2019-20 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67cae9e63f8b61c757fa0034/Croydon_London_Borough_Council_-_Capitalisation_Direction_2019-20.pdf) (PDF, 261 KB, 2 pages)

Bradford capitalisation direction 2023-24 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67cae9f3ade26736dbfa0034/Bradford_Council_Capitalisation_Direction_2023-24.pdf) (PDF, 170 KB, 2 pages)

Stoke-on-Trent capitalisation direction 2023-24 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67cae9ffade26736dbfa0035/Stoke-on-Trent_City_Council_Capitalisation_Direction_2023-24.pdf) (PDF, 170 KB, 2 pages)

Havering capitalisation direction 2023-24 (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67caea0aa4dacdc2b08d80e1/London_Borough_of_Havering_Capitalisation_Direction_2023-24.pdf) (PDF, 170 KB, 2 pages)

Assurance reviews

CIPFA local government finance review: Bradford (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/city-of-bradford-metropolitan-district-council-external-assurance-review)

CIPFA local government finance review: Cheshire East (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cheshire-east-council-external-assurance-review)

CIPFA local government finance review: Cumberland (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cumberland-council-external-assurance-review-2024-25)

CIPFA local government finance review: Eastbourne (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eastbourne-borough-council-external-assurance-review-2024-25)

CIPFA local government finance review: Havering (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/london-borough-of-havering-council-external-assurance-review)

CIPFA local government finance review: Medway (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/medway-council-external-assurance-review)

CIPFA local government finance review: Middlesborough (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/middlesbrough-council-external-assurance-review)

CIPFA local government finance review: Plymouth (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/plymouth-city-council-external-assurance-review)

CIPFA local government finance review: Somerset (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/somerset-council-external-assurance-review-2024-25)

CIPFA local government finance review: Southampton (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/southampton-city-council-external-assurance-review)

CIPFA local government finance review: Stoke-on-Trent (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stoke-on-trent-city-council-external-assurance-review)

CIPFA local government finance review: West Northamptonshire (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/west-northamptonshire-council-external-assurance-review)

Interventions in local authorities

Statutory intervention: Birmingham City Council (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statutory-intervention-birmingham-city-council)

Statutory intervention: London Borough of Croydon (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statutory-intervention-london-borough-of-croydon)

Statutory intervention: Nottingham City Council (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statutory-intervention-nottingham-city-council-minded-to-decision)

Statutory intervention: Slough Borough Council (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/intervention-at-slough-borough-council)

Statutory intervention: Thurrock Council (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/intervention-at-thurrock-council)

Statutory intervention: Woking Borough Council (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/intervention-at-woking-borough-council)