the data
Overall Trends

This page describes overall trends for the period.

total revenue funding for councils has fallen between 2010 and 2020 by 7.2% in real terms
some services have been relatively protected - education, child protection and adult social care
Some services have taken more substantial reductions - economics development down 19.7%, environmental services down 11%, roads down 24%, culture and leisure down 26% and planning down 21%
Councils have achieved substantial improvements in efficiency, innovation and productivity though service output and outcome improvements are beginning to stall
Service funding reduction, pressure on budgets and funding for councils are all under pressure