Understand how your council works
Spending and accounts
Many local councils provide information on their websites to show how they spend their budget.
You can view details of:
- payments for goods and services over 拢500
- contracts and tenders over 拢500
Looking at annual accounts
Every year councils must open their detailed financial accounts to the public for 30 working days.
This allows you to check any spending under 拢500 without having to make a freedom of information request.
Your council must publish on its website and in the local press details of when you can check its accounts.