Some councils' core budgets have shrunk by half since 2010

Change in core spending power between

2010-11 and 2023-24, England

Increase

15

Decrease

Great Yarmouth

-50.1%

10

Wokingham

+7.6

5

0

-55%

-50

-45

-40

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

+5

Change in core spending power between 2010-11 and 2023-24, England

15

Decrease

Increase

Great Yarmouth

-50.1%

Pendle

-49.7

10

Wokingham

+7.6

West

Sussex

+4.5

5

0

-55%

-50

-45

-40

-35

-30

-25

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

+5

Institute for Government. Note: lower-tier councils have generally had larger falls in CSP because they do not have responsibility for social care. Excludes councils that have had structural changes