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Where your council tax goes in Glasgow

A Band D home pays £2,358.32 this year, up 6.6%. Council tax covers about 14% of what the council spends on day-to-day services; government grants pay 60%, and business rates 20%.

Band D bill£2,358up 6.6% on last year
Council budget£2,236mday-to-day, including schools
Paid by council tax14%of the budget
Council controlNo overall controlno party has more than half the seats

Your bill

Pick your band. The council keeps 72% of it; the rest goes to Scottish Water, for water and sewerage.

Band D, 2026/27
£2,358.32
£235.83 a month over 10 instalments
Glasgow City Council£1,706.00Scottish Water (water and sewerage)£652.32
Water£301.95
Sewerage£350.37
At Band D the water and sewerage charges went up £51.93 this year: £24.03 more for water and £27.90 more for sewerage.
sourcedBand D bill for 2026/27approxScottish Water (water and sewerage) by body (Scottish Water's leaflet)

Your £1,706.00 to the council pays for

Schools and education£655
Social work and care£499
Debt costs and levies£130
Running the council£104
Streets, waste and transport£95
Parks, libraries and leisure£88
Housing and homelessness£85
Planning and the local economy£43
Community safety and regulation£8
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Band D, 2026/27: where your council tax goes
Your billShare
Schools and education£654.7027.8%
Social work and care£498.5821.1%
Debt costs and levies£130.415.5%
Running the council£103.584.4%
Streets, waste and transport£95.214.0%
Parks, libraries and leisure£88.113.7%
Housing and homelessness£84.783.6%
Planning and the local economy£43.131.8%
Community safety and regulation£7.500.3%
Glasgow City Council, all services£1,706.0072.3%
Water£301.9512.8%
Sewerage£350.3714.9%
Scottish Water (water and sewerage), all£652.3227.7%
Your bill£2,358.32100%

Split in proportion to the £2,236m the council pays for itself, after the grants tied to particular services, which the budget return already takes off each one. Council tax pays about 14p of every £1 of that; government grants and business rates pay the rest.

sourcedSplit by service, 2026/27 budget return

The council’s budget

What the council spends on day-to-day services after fees and charges, and where the money comes from; grants tied to a particular service are already taken off it. It must balance by law.

FundingReserves (one-off)Services
Council tax to Net budgetGeneral Revenue Grant to Net budgetBusiness rates (Scotland's shared pot) to Net budgetCapital money used for day-to-day costs to Net budgetDrawn from the capital fund to Net budgetDrawn from council reserves to Net budgetNet budget to Schools and educationNet budget to Social work and careNet budget to Debt costs and leviesNet budget to Running the councilNet budget to Streets, waste and transportNet budget to Parks, libraries and leisureNet budget to Housing and homelessnessNet budget to Planning and the local economyNet budget to Community safety and regulationSourced from a published documentCouncil tax£314.4m, 14%Sourced from a published documentGeneral Revenue Grant£1,340.5m, 60%Sourced from a published documentBusiness rates (Scotland's shared pot)£443.9m, 20%Sourced from a published documentCapital money used for day-to-day costs£8.6mSourced from a published documentDrawn from the capital fund£61.7mSourced from a published documentDrawn from council reserves£66.7mSourced from a published documentSchools and education£858.0m, 38%Sourced from a published documentSocial work and care£653.4m, 29%Sourced from a published documentDebt costs and levies£170.9m, 8%Sourced from a published documentRunning the council£135.7mSourced from a published documentStreets, waste and transport£124.8mSourced from a published documentParks, libraries and leisure£115.5mSourced from a published documentHousing and homelessness£111.1mSourced from a published documentPlanning and the local economy£56.5mSourced from a published documentCommunity safety and regulation£9.8m£2,236m
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Where the money comes from, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Council tax£314.4m14.1%
General Revenue Grant£1,340.5m60.0%
Business rates (Scotland's shared pot)£443.9m19.9%
Capital money used for day-to-day costs (one-off)£8.6m0.4%
Drawn from the capital fund (one-off)£61.7m2.8%
Drawn from council reserves (one-off)£66.7m3.0%
Net budget£2,235.9m100%
What it pays for, 2026/27
£mShare of the net budget
Schools and education£858.0m38.4%
Social work and care£653.4m29.2%
Debt costs and levies£170.9m7.6%
Running the council£135.7m6.1%
Streets, waste and transport£124.8m5.6%
Parks, libraries and leisure£115.5m5.2%
Housing and homelessness£111.1m5.0%
Planning and the local economy£56.5m2.5%
Community safety and regulation£9.8m0.4%
Net budget£2,235.9m100%

Where the money comes from

Council tax£314.4m
General Revenue Grant£1,340.5m
Business rates (Scotland's shared pot)£443.9m
Capital money used for day-to-day costs£8.6m
Drawn from the capital fund£61.7m
Drawn from council reserves£66.7m
Net budget£2,235.9m

What it pays for

Schools and education£858.0m
Social work and care£653.4m
Debt costs and levies£170.9m
Running the council£135.7m
Streets, waste and transport£124.8m
Parks, libraries and leisure£115.5m
Housing and homelessness£111.1m
Planning and the local economy£56.5m
Community safety and regulation£9.8m
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Council tax over the years

The council’s own share of a Band D bill went from £1,428.00 in 2022/23 to £1,706.00 in 2026/27, up 19%.

Band D council tax in Glasgow each year
YearThe council’s shareWhole bill, with water and sewerage
2022/23£1,428.00not published
2023/24£1,499.00not published
2024/25£1,499.00not published
2025/26£1,611.00£2,211.39
2026/27£1,706.00£2,358.32

The whole bill is shown for the years whose water and sewerage charges are published in a form we can read; for earlier years only the council’s share is.

Councillors

SNP 37, Labour 31, Green 8, Independent 3, Your Party 3, Reform UK 2 and Conservative 1 of the 85 councillors on the council’s list. No party has more than half the seats. Glasgow’s councillors were elected in May 2022 by single transferable vote, where voters number the candidates in order of choice; the next election is in May 2027. How each ward voted is not shown yet: Democracy Club has the winners but not the counts. The list is the council’s own, so it includes everyone elected at by-elections since.

Anderston/City/Yorkhill

Baillieston

Calton

Canal

Cardonald

Dennistoun

Drumchapel/Anniesland

East Centre

Garscadden/Scotstounhill

Govan

Greater Pollok

Hillhead

Langside

Linn

Maryhill

Newlands/Auldburn

North East

Partick East/Kelvindale

Pollokshields

Shettleston

Southside Central

Springburn/Robroyston

Victoria Park

Still to come for Glasgow

For Hammersmith & Fulham, Borough Book also tracks every party’s manifesto pledges, every council payment over £500, Cabinet and Full Council decisions, how this year’s budget gap was closed and a tool to balance next year. Those need the council’s own papers, read by hand, and come here next. See Hammersmith & Fulham.

sourcedBill, budget and history: the Scottish Government's returns and Scottish Water's charges, checked against their own totals (24 Jul 2026)
Where every figure on this page comes from