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Sources
Every figure on Borough Book comes from one of these 44 published documents, and links to it. Where we read a file, we keep its SHA-256 fingerprint, so anyone can check it is the same file.
Council budget papers
The budget, council tax and medium-term reports the council adopted.
- Revenue Budget and Council Tax Levels 2026/27 (report to Cabinet, 9 February 2026)London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
8a32834f7607… - 2026/27 Revenue Budget and Medium-Term Financial Strategy (report to Policy and Accountability Committee)London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
9f048df0a48c… - Council Tax Base and Collection Rate 2026/27 and Delegation of the Business Rate EstimateLondon Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
c15a1f48165e… - Revenue Budget and Council Tax Levels 2026/27 (report to Full Council, 25 February 2026)London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, published 25 Feb 2026
f7fdd0066a08… - Cabinet 9 February 2026, public reports pack (includes budget Appendix B, medium term financial strategy, pages 51 to 60, and Appendix C, investment and savings proposals, pages 61 to 66)London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, published 9 Feb 2026
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Government returns and statistics
Council tax tables and the budget and spending returns every council files with government.
- Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9: area council tax by bandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, published 25 Mar 2026, OGL-UK-3.0 file
66b7c20f70c8… - Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2026 to 2027 budget, specific and special grants (SG) by local authorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, published 11 Jun 2026, OGL-UK-3.0 file
6150792dcea9… - Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England, Table 10: council tax requirement data for billing authorities, 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0 file
79766eb7b591… - Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England, Table 8: area council tax by band 2024 to 2025Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0 file
249127ae1bff… - Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England, Table 8 (revised): area council tax by band 2023 to 2024Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0 file
c8ef95ed86ff… - Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England, Table 8: area council tax by band 2022 to 2023Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0 file
d042b3096e3c… - Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2025 to 2026 budget, revenue account (RA) data by local authorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0 file
b6176cf91e02… - Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2024 to 2025 budget, revenue account (RA) data by local authorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0 file
19231e891ec0… - Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2023 to 2024 budget, revenue account (RA) data by local authorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0 file
f4020e200f7a… - Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2024 to 2025 outturn, cultural, environmental and planning services (RO5) by local authorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0 file
d1605afab6d5… - Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2026 to 2027Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, published 9 Feb 2026, OGL-UK-3.0
128ea9300b33… - Provisional local government finance settlement 2026-2027 to 2028-2029: consultation summary of responsesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, OGL-UK-3.0
- Office for National Statistics, Wards (December 2024) Boundaries UK BGCOffice for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0 file
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Laws and regulations
The rules a council's budget and council tax must follow.
- Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 5: different amounts for dwellings in different valuation bandslegislation.gov.uk
- Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 11: discountslegislation.gov.uk
- Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 31A: calculation of council tax requirement by authorities in Englandlegislation.gov.uk
- Local Government Finance Act 1988, section 114: functions of responsible officer as regards reportslegislation.gov.uk
- Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 52ZB: duty to determine whether council tax is excessivelegislation.gov.uk
- The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, Schedule 1: paymentslegislation.gov.uk
The council's spend files
Every payment over £500, published by the council each quarter.
- Spend data Q1 2015-16 (April to June 2015)London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0 file
a02c80598ef3… - Spend data Q2 2015-16 (July to September 2015)London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0 file
f03da2589c64… - Spend data Q3 2015-16 (October to December 2015)London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0 file
1482636e1796… - Supplier spend January to March 2016London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0 file
d8ffc6219f51… - Supplier spend Q1 2017-18 (April to June 2017)London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0 file
1c8d1fe671fc… - Spend data Q4 2023-24London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0 file
e1669010adeb… - Spend data Q1 2024-25London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0 file
840f00a54a55… - Spend data Q2 2024-25London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0 file
35ee5a3994d6… - Spend data Q3 2024-25London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0
46a794c788f0… - Spend data Q4 2024-25London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0
b34df888d49c… - Spend data Q1 2025-26London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0
e9195ce29e03… - Spend data Q2 2025-26London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0
80e9c03efb46… - Spend data Q3 2025-26London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0
438c20d86fd0… - Spend data Q4 2025-26London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0
d0228626a17d… - Spend data Q1 2026-27London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, OGL-UK-3.0
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Manifestos and councillor records
Each party's 2026 manifesto, archived, and the council's own list of councillors.
- Hope you can believe in (Hammersmith & Fulham Labour, 2026 local election manifesto summary)Hammersmith & Fulham Labour
- Your priorities, our mission: our plan for Hammersmith & Fulham (Conservative manifesto 2026)Hammersmith and Fulham Conservatives
- Hammersmith & Fulham Council, councillors by ward (ModernGov web service)Hammersmith & Fulham Council
- Democracy Club, Hammersmith and Fulham local election 7 May 2026 (ward codes)Democracy Club
Our method
How figures are combined and modelled.
- Borough Book method notes (docs/MODEL.md)Borough Book
Reusing this
Our own text and data tables are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0: credit “Borough Book (Pavel Guzhikov)” and link back. The code is open under the MIT licence on GitHub. Data from the council, the government and the ONS keeps its own licence, shown against each source above, and quotes from manifestos are not ours to relicense.