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Metropolitan district councilE08000003Population 588,256

Manchester City Council

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Contracts running: 143
Ending in the next year: 48
Payments published: £3.2B
Paid in 2025-26 so far: £781.8M
Council tax collected: £254.4M
Borrowing: £1.9B
Debt interest: £42.3M a year
Schools: 219
Housing waiting list: 19,406
Properties owned: 3,721

About

Manchester is a metropolitan district council serving 588,256 people. It has published 245,568 payments since 2023-24, worth £3.2B, and 143 of the 781 contracts on record are still running.

Paid most in 2025-26 so far

Spending

Payments over £500, published to November 2025

Paid in 2025-26 so far: £781.8M; April to November 2025
Same months of 2024: £831.9M; 2025-26 is 6% lower
Payments: 85,319; in 2025-26 so far
Latest month published: November 2025

Paid each month

Spending to note, 2025-26 so far

Taxis and passenger transport: £2.9M; 173 payments ·
Payments to individuals: £36.3M; Names withheld ·
Consultancy: £7.8M
Agency staff: £6.3M

Borrowing

End of December 2025

£1.9B borrowed and £203.3M invested.

Public Works Loan Board£1.1B · 57%

Banks£190.0M · 10%

Bonds£858K · 0%

Other lenders£418.1M · 22%

Other councils£206.0M · 11%

Council details

Type: Metropolitan district council
Code: E08000003
Population: 588,256
Payments: 2023-24 to 2025-26
Contract notices: 781, latest 29 Oct 2026

Latest contract notices

Grocery, Dried Goods & Frozen Products - 069-202629 Oct 2026 · Awarded · £1.2M · BFS Group Limited T/A Bidfood North West Construction Hub Medium Value Framework 2027 - 203127 Oct 2026 · Pipeline MCC Housing Services - Repairs and Maintenance - IT System - G-Cloud27 Oct 2026 · In Delivery · £1.0M · Totalmobile

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