Exceptional Financial Support for local authorities for 2026-27
Details of support granted to local authorities that have requested Exceptional Financial Support for the financial year 2026-27.
Applies to England
In the financial year 2026-27 the government has agreed to provide councils with support to manage financial pressures via the Exceptional Financial Support process.
Councils were provided with in-principle capitalisation support in February 2026 ahead of their budget setting. This page will be updated with final amounts of capitalisation agreed and capitalisation directions issued once confirmed.
This page shows the decisions that were taken to provide councils with Exceptional Financial Support prior to the beginning of the financial year 2026-27. Please note that decisions can relate to prior financial years and can amend the profile of support in those prior years. The pages for previous years have been updated to reflect the most recent decisions.
Exceptional Financial Support requests from local authorities: 2026-27
| Local authority | Exceptional Financial Support requests from local authorities: 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Barnet | £79.6m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Bedford | £58.0m (support agreed in-principle) £22.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2025-26) |
| Bradford | £78.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Brighton and Hove | £15.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Cheshire East | £35.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Croydon | £119.0m (support agreed in-principle) Note: For support agreed in-principle for 2025-26, this has been revised to £110.3m (from £136.0m) |
| Cumberland | £11.834m (support agreed in-principle) |
| East Sussex | £70.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Gloucester | £9.05m (support agreed in-principle) £2.56m (support agreed in-principle for 2025-26) £3.89m (support agreed in-principle for 2024-25) |
| Halton | £35.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Haringey | £84.0m (support agreed in-principle) Note: For support agreed in-principle for 2025-26, this has been revised to £54.0m (from £37.0m) |
| Havering | £77.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Hillingdon | £62.0m (support agreed in-principle) £88.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2025-26) |
| Isle of Wight | £12.9m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Lambeth | £20.0m (support agreed in-principle) £46.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2025-26) £50.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2024-25) |
| Medway | £10.126m (support agreed in-principle) Note: For support agreed in-principle for 2025-26, this has been revised to £28.469m (from £18.484m) |
| Peterborough | £5.68m (support agreed in-principle) £4.96m (support agreed in-principle for 2025-26) |
| Redbridge | £70.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £18.451m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Sefton | £12.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Shropshire | £121.0m (support agreed in-principle) £71.4m (support agreed in-principle for 2025-26) |
| Slough | £42.899m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Somerset | £30m (support agreed in-principle) Note: For support agreed in-principle for 2025-26, this has been revised to £45.118m (from £63.0m) |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £10.5m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Swindon | £22.3m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Thurrock | £68.91m (support agreed in-principle) Note: For support agreed in-principle for 2024-25, this has been revised to £73.02m (from £96m), for 2025-26, this has been revised to £62.11m (from £72m) |
| Trafford | £12.65m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Waltham Forest | £19.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Warrington | £92.047m (support agreed in-principle) £87.029m (support agreed in-principle for 2025-26) |
| West Berkshire | £30.0m (support agreed in-principle) Note: For support agreed in-principle for 2025-26, this has been revised to £20.0m (from £3.0m) |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £48.754m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Wirral | £6.0m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Woking | £58.1m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Worcestershire | £59.933m (support agreed in-principle) |
| Worthing | £5.0m (support agreed in-principle) Note: For support agreed in-principle for 2025-26, this has been revised to £4.75m (from £2.0m) |
Housing Revenue Account
In the financial year 2026-27 the government has agreed to provide one local authority, the City of London, with support to manage financial pressures within its Housing Revenue Account (HRA). The City was provided with in-principle capitalisation support in February 2026 ahead of their budget setting. This page will be updated with final amounts of capitalisation agreed and capitalisation directions issued once confirmed.
| Local authority | Exceptional Financial Support requests from local authorities: 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| City of London | £2.65m (support agreed in-principle) |
Birmingham – Revised Exceptional Financial Support for previous financial years
In February 2026, the government agreed to a request from Birmingham City Council to alter the previously agreed profile of in-principle capitalisation support in prior years. The detail of the revised profile is below:
| 2020-21 | £99.5m (from £288.4m - support agreed in-principle) |
| 2021-22 | £97.4m (from £109.5m - support agreed in-principle) |
| 2022-23 | £169.6m (from £172.2m - support agreed in-principle) |
| 2023-24 | £188.5m (support agreed in-principle) |
| 2024-25 | £405.7m (from £491.1m - support agreed in-principle) |
| 2025-26 | £36.7m (from £180m - support agreed in-principle) |
Interventions in local authorities
Statutory intervention: Birmingham City Council
Statutory intervention: London Borough of Croydon
Statutory intervention: Slough Borough Council
Statutory intervention: Thurrock Council