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2025/26 £15 million grant to support local bodies with financial reporting

£15 million local audit funding for 2025/26 to support local bodies with the costs of strengthening their financial reporting and implementation of Sir Tony Redmond’s recommendations.

Applies to England

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The department’s 2021 Measures to improve local audit delays confirmed further funding of £15 million per annum for eligible local audit bodies  to support with local audit financial reporting and implement audit requirements related to Sir Tony Redmond’s recommendations. This grant has been extended to 2025/26.

Details for the 2025/26 allocations to individual bodies can be found in the 2025/26 Local Audit Grant technical note. Payments were made in March.

If there are any queries or issues with these payments, please contact Localaudit@communities.gov.uk.

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Published 19 May 2026

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