Our funding and where the money goes
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Where the money comes from
A breakdown of our £342.6m funding:
- Council tax - £100.4m
- Reserves - £9.0m
- Government funding - £56.4m
- Retained business rates - £176.8m
This relates to the council's net budget. Our actual expenditure is higher because it also includes the Housing Revenue Account, Dedicated Schools Grant and income generation.
Where the money goes
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This is a breakdown of the major areas of our revenue budget:
- Services for elderly and vulnerable adults - £105.7m
- Children’s services and education - £27.6m
- Protecting and supporting vulnerable children - £54.5m
- Housing services - £7.0m
- Public health - £34.7m
- Cultural, libraries and parks - £13.4m
- Community safety - £12.3m
- Highways and transport services - £5.3m
- Street cleaning, waste and public realm - £28.7m
- Economic growth and job creation - £3.8m
- Planning and development services - £11.0m
- Tackling poverty fund - £6.6m