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Metropolitan district councilE08000025Population 1,176,960

Birmingham City Council

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Contracts running: 441
Ending in the next year: 209
Payments published: £3.7B
Paid in 2025-26 so far: £1.4B
Council tax collected: £524.7M
Borrowing: £3.3B
Debt interest: £134.8M a year
Schools: 518
Housing waiting list: 25,996
Properties owned: 12,248

About

Birmingham is a metropolitan district council serving 1,176,960 people. It has published 249,647 payments since 2023-24, worth £3.7B, and 441 of the 2,078 contracts on record are still running.

Paid most in 2025-26 so far

Spending

Payments over £500, published to December 2025

Paid in 2025-26 so far: £1.36B; April to December 2025
Same months of 2024: £1.52B; 2025-26 is 11% lower
Payments: 83,012; in 2025-26 so far
Latest month published: December 2025

Paid each month

Spending to note, 2025-26 so far

Taxis and passenger transport: £2.9M; 228 payments ·
Payments to individuals: £9.8M; Names withheld ·
Consultancy: £19.2M
Agency staff: £89.2M

Borrowing

End of December 2025

£3.3B borrowed and £343.5M invested.

Public Works Loan Board£2.9B · 89%

Banks£81.0M · 2%

Bonds£215.1M · 7%

Other councils£115.1M · 3%

Council details

Type: Metropolitan district council
Code: E08000025
Population: 1,176,960
Payments: 2023-24 to 2025-26
Contract notices: 2,078, latest 29 Oct 2026

Latest contract notices

P2183 - Provision of bikeability cycle training - AWARD29 Oct 2026 · In Delivery · Aspire Active Camps Limited and 2 more PBCS Roadmap Items October to December 202623 Oct 2026 · In Delivery · £76K · Brovanture Limited Ethnographic Study – Healthy Streets21 Oct 2026 · Open Tender · £42K

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