Have you ever wondered how your council tax money is spent? The LGA (Local Government Association) represents local councils in England Wales, and have released data on how each £1 of council tax money was spent in 2013/2014.
- Care for vulnerable adults – 30.73
- Looking after children – 14.63
- Children’s education – 7.67
- Bin collection – 7.49
- Road repairs – 7.13
- Arts and leisure – 6.81
- Other services, such as coroners courts – 6.72
- Buses – 4.21
- Homelessness – 4.19
- Planing – 3.45
- Long term investment – 3.22
- Trading standards and licensing – 2.03
- Street cleaning and flood defences – 1.73
As the figures show, just under a third of each pound was spent on caring for vulnerable adults. Street cleaning and flood defences had the least spent, with an average of 1.73p of every £1.