Council Tax for 2026/27 | London Borough of Bexley

Bexley’s Council Tax requirement will result in a Council Tax for band D property with two residents of £2,366.36 in 2026/27. A comparison of Bexley’s and the Greater London Authority’s Council Tax for 2025/26 with last year is shown in the table below.

Taxing Authority	2025/26	2026/27	Change
London Borough of Bexley	£1,767.65	£1,855.85	4.99%
Greater London Authority	£490.38	£510.51	4.10%
Total Tax at Band D	£2,258.03	£2,366.36	4.80%

Band	Valuation Band	2025/26	2026/27
A	Up to and including £40,000	£1,505.35	£1,577.57
B	£40,001 - £52,000	£1,756.25	£1,840.50
C	£52,001 - £68,000	£2,007.13	£2,103.43
D	£68,001 - £88,000	£2,258.03	£2,366.36
E	£88,001 - £120,000	£2,759.81	£2,892.22
F	£120,001 - £160,000	£3,261.60	£3,418.07
G	£160,001 - £320,000	£3,763.38	£3,943.93
H	More than £320,000	£4,516.06	£4,732.72

Bexley’s Budget and Council Tax Requirement

Service	2025/26 (£m)			2026/27 (£m)
Service	Spending	Income	Net Spending	Spending	Income	Net Spending
Adult Social Care and Public Health	128.701	(52.294)	76.407	130.025	(52.333)	77.692
Chief Executive's Office	4.649	(0.044)	4.605	3.122	(0.025)	3.097
Children and Education	82.950	(26.115)	56.835	88.712	(22.151)	66.561
Finance and Corporate	98.119	(67.553)	30.566	75.490	(45.570)	29.920
Place	84.044	(38.751)	45.293	84.629	(37.220)	47.409
Schools DSG	127.319	(127.319)	0.000	157.741	(157.741)	0.000
Spending on Services	525.782	(312.076)	213.706	539.719	(315.040)	224.679
London-wide payments and levies			8.111			8.793
Net Financing Costs			12.962			12.462
Contingency Provision			2.700			5.000
Centrally Held			21.253			21.016
Net Spending to be Financed			258.732			271.950
Income from Business Rates and Revenue Support Grant			(60.163)			(89.982)
Other Core Grants			(44.353)			(17.569)
Use of Reserves			(1.600)			(3.803)
Collection Fund Surplus/ Deficit			1.700			0.000
Contribution from Voluntary Minimum Revenue Provision			(3.697)			0.000
Amount to be met from the Council Tax			150.619			160.596
Taxbase			85,208.8			86,535.1
Bexley Council Tax			1,767.65			1,855.85

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What we spend

Service	Per £1
Adult Social Care and Public Health	36p
Chief Executive	1p
Children and Education	24p
Finance and Corporate	10p
Places, Communities and Infrastructure	23p
Levies	2p
Financing Costs and Contingency	4p
Total	£1

How is it paid for?

How is it paid council tax 2026 to 2027 pie chart

Funding Source	Per £1
Council Tax	41p
Income from Business Rates and Revenue Support Grant	23p
Government and Other Grants	13p
Use of Reserves, Balances and Collection Fund Surplus	1p
Fees, Charges and Rent	14p
Other Income	8p
Total	£1

Changes since last year

	£m
Net increase in Spending on Services	8.770
Demographic increases and Inflation	(0.237)
Increase in Net Financing Costs	(0.500)
Decrease in contribution from voluntary MRP	3.697
Increase in Contingency	2.300
Collection Fund (Surplus) / Deficit	(1.700)
Increase in net funding from Business Rates, RSG and other Core Grants	(3.035)
Increase in London-wide payments and levies	0.682
Increase in Council Tax Revenue	9.977

What we have saved

Year	£m
2011/12	19
2012/13	30
2013/14	36
2014/15	47
2015/16	63
2016/17	84
2017/18	97
2018/19	109
2019/20	117
2020/21	125
2021/22	138
2022/23	140
2023/24	143
2024/25	144
2025/26	146
2026/27	154

The future budget gap

The Council has set a balanced budget for the 2026/27 financial year, however there are many challenges ahead. The forecasted budget gap is set to reach £17.815m by 2029/30 due to rising costs, pressures and demands on services and ongoing economic uncertainty. There continues to be increasing spending pressures in a number of key services, including both Children and Adult Social Care, Special Education Needs Transport and other demand led services.

The uncertainty around the state of the economy over the next few years will also have an impact. The impact of energy prices, inflation and interest rates has a direct impact on the Council, the amount we pay for services and the income we are able to collect. Our challenge is to continue to provide good quality and affordable public services, while balancing our income and spending levels in the current challenging circumstances.

Year	Gap (£m)
2027/28	8.192
2028/29	14.352
2029/30	17.815

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