Core spending power: provisional local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017

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

• the explanatory note sets out the methodology used to calculate the change in spending power in 2016 to 2017

• the summary table shows the change in core spending power over the Spending Review period, year-on-year changes and core spending power per dwelling

• the supporting information 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

• supporting tables, showing funding elements which have been kept visible