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Metropolitan district councilE08000035Population 840,550

Leeds City Council

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Contracts running: 412
Ending in the next year: 203
Payments published: £10.8B
Paid in 2025-26 so far: £1.3B
Council tax collected: £472.1M
Borrowing: £2.9B
Debt interest: £84.5M a year
Schools: 310
Housing waiting list: 21,583
Properties owned: 9,357

About

Leeds is a metropolitan district council serving 840,550 people. It has published 2,060,572 payments since 2018-19, worth £10.8B, and 412 of the 3,834 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: £1.33B; April to December 2025
Same months of 2024: £1.28B; 2025-26 is 4% higher
Payments: 233,235; in 2025-26 so far
Latest month published: December 2025

Paid each month

Spending to note, 2025-26 so far

Taxis and passenger transport: £8.2M; 1,592 payments ·
Payments to individuals: £24.5M; Names withheld ·
Consultancy: £10.6M
Agency staff: £17.1M

Borrowing

End of December 2025

£2.9B borrowed and £63.4M invested.

Public Works Loan Board£1.9B · 67%

Banks£225.1M · 8%

Other lenders£501.7M · 18%

Other councils£223.2M · 8%

Council details

Type: Metropolitan district council
Code: E08000035
Population: 840,550
Payments: 2018-19 to 2025-26
Contract notices: 3,834, latest 29 Oct 2026

Latest contract notices

PO04 Morley Public Realm29 Oct 2026 · Awarded · £614K · C R Reynolds Limited Respond Complaints Software29 Oct 2026 · In Delivery · £28K · Respond Group Ltd Leeds Place Marketing Position Analysis and PR Campaign Strategy29 Oct 2026 · In Delivery · £36K · ING Media

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