Exceptional Financial Support for local authorities for 2023-24
Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested Exceptional Financial Support in financial year 2023-24 and the associated external assurance reviews.
Applies to England
In the financial year 2023-24 the previous government agreed to provide 8 councils with support to manage financial pressures via the Exceptional Financial Support process. For 2 councils this included agreement to support for prior years.
| Local authority | Exceptional Financial Support requests from local authorities: 2023-24 |
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| Croydon | £63.0m (support agreed in-principle) This was subsequently revised to: £50.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2023-24) £126m for 2019-20 £10m for 2020-21 £14.4m for 2021-22 £11.2m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 |
| Cumberland | £40.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £51.8m |
| Lambeth | £50.0m (covering 2023-24 to 2024-25) |
| Slough | £46.325m |
| Thurrock | £180.17m (support agreed in-principle) £452.491m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 This was reprofiled to: £40.0m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 (February 2024), then subsequently reprofiled to £130m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 (February 2025) £234.5m agreed in-principle for 2023-24 (February 2024), then subsequently reprofiled to £184.0m agreed in-principle for 2023-24 (February 2025) |
| Westmorland and Furness | £11.0m |
| West Northamptonshire | £6.6m agreed in-principle for 2023-24, then subsequently reprofiled to £6.52m for 2024-25 |
Capitalisation directions
This capitalisation direction was amended in December 2024:
This capitalisation direction was amended in February 2025:
Assurance reviews
CIPFA local government finance review: Lambeth Council
CIPFA local government finance review: Cumberland
CIPFA local government finance review: Westmorland & Furness
Interventions in local authorities
Statutory intervention: London Borough of Croydon
Updates to this page
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Adds new figures and capitalisation directions
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Added external assurance reviews for Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness. Added Westmorland & Furness 2023-24 direction and Croydon direction 2019-20.
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Added Lambeth Council capitalisation direction and assurance review.
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First published.