Guidance

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
Croydon 拢63.0m (support agreed in-principle)

This was subsequently revised to:
拢50.0m (support agreed in-principle for 2023-24)

拢161.6m agreed in-principle covering:
2019-20: 拢126.0m
2020-21: 拢10.0m
2021-22: 拢14.4m
2022-23: 拢11.2m
Cumberland 拢40.0m (support agreed in-principle)
Kensington and Chelsea 拢51.8尘
Lambeth 拢50.0m (covering 2023-24 to 2024-25)
Slough 拢31.6m (support agreed in-principle)
Thurrock 拢180.17m (support agreed in-principle)
拢452.491m agreed in-principle for 2022-23

This was reprofiled to:

拢40.0m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 (February 2024), then subsequently reprofiled to 拢130.0m agreed in-principle for 2022-23 (February 2025)

拢234.5m agreed in-principle for 2023-24 (February 2024), then subsequently reprofiled to 拢184.0m agreed in-principle for 2023-24 (February 2025)
Westmorland and Furness 拢11.0尘
West Northamptonshire 拢6.6m (support agreed in-principle)

Capitalisation directions

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This capitalisation direction was amended in December 2024:

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This capitalisation direction was amended in February 2025:

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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

Statutory intervention: Slough Borough Council

Statutory intervention: Thurrock Council

Updates to this page

Published 29 February 2024
Last updated 13 March 2025 show all updates
  1. Added external assurance reviews for Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness. Added Westmorland & Furness 2023-24 direction and Croydon direction 2019-20.

  2. Added Lambeth Council capitalisation direction and assurance review.

  3. First published.

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