Core spending power: final local government finance settlement 2017 to 2018

Core spending power measures the core revenue funding available for local authority services, including Council Tax and locally retained business rates. This page has:

• an explanatory note which sets out the methodology used to calculate core spending power
• an explanatory note which sets out the methodology used to calculate allocations for the transition grant
• an explanatory table which shows the change in core spending power over the Spending Review period, year-on-year changes and core spending power per dwelling
• an explanatory table which shows the component figures (from Council Tax, locally retained business rates and so on) which are included in core spending power for each local authority
• a supporting table showing funding elements which have been kept visible in the core spending power of local authorities