Where the money comes from
| Where | 2025/26 | 2026/27 |
|---|
| Government Grant (S.31 grant) |
£32.9m |
£12.6m |
| Business Rates retained* |
£84.4m |
£117.5m |
| Business Rates top up |
£43.3m |
£109.1m |
| Council Tax |
£160.8m |
£171.2m |
| Greater Manchester Police |
£26.7m |
£28.5m |
| Greater Manchester Fire (including Mayoral Precept) |
£12.7m |
£15.4m |
| Loss on Collection Fund |
- |
- |
| Use of Reserves |
- |
- |
| |
£364.8m |
£454.3m |
Where the money goes
| Where | 2025/26 | 2026/27 |
|---|
| Wigan Council Services |
£300.95m |
£385.5m |
| Shevington and Haigh Parish |
£0.1m |
£0.1m |
| Greater Manchester Police |
£26.7m |
£28.5m |
| Greater Manchester Fire |
£8.5m |
£9.2m |
| Greater Manchester Mayoral Precept |
£4.2m |
£6.2m |
| Passenger Transport Levy |
£24.4m |
£24.8m |
| Loss of Collection Fund |
- |
- |
| |
£364.8m |
£454.3m |
What Wigan Council spends the money on
| On what | 2025/26 | 2026/27 |
|---|
| Places |
£67.56m |
£78.7m |
| People |
£219.75m |
£299.8m |
| Resources |
£13.56m |
£6.7m |
| Capital Charges |
- |
- |
| Passenger Transport Levy |
£24.37m |
£24.8m |
| Environment Agency Flood Defence Levy |
£0.2m |
£0.2m |
| |
£325.4m |
£410.2m |
Money Needed (Based on band D value)
| Needed for | 2025/26 | 2026/27 |
|---|
| Money we and our levying bodies need to fund our services |
£3,300.52 |
£4,106.90 |
| Precept for Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester |
£270.30 |
£285.30 |
| Precept for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority & Mayoral |
£128.95 |
£153.95 |
| Total (A) |
£3,699.77 |
£4,546.15 |
Income
| Income | 2025/26 | 2026/27 |
|---|
| Business Rates income |
£1,336.25 |
£1,175.89 |
| Government Grant (S.31 grant) |
£333.37 |
£125.73 |
| Total (B) |
£1,669.61 |
£1,301.62 |
Council Tax we need to charge for a band D property
| Property type | 2025/26 | 2026/27 |
|---|
| Amount of Council Tax we need to charge for a band D property |
£2,030.15 |
£2,151.54 |
There will be a small additional charge for properties in the parishes of Haigh and Shevington. At band D £59.45 for Haigh and £28.88 for Shevington.
Council tax only contributes towards around 21% of the total amount we’ll spend delivering our services and does not contribute towards any capital investment schemes we deliver. View more information on how every pound of your council tax is spent.
Environment Agency – Flood Defence Levy
The Environment Agency is a levying body for its Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Functions under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 and the Environment Agency (Levies) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.
The Environment Agency has powers in respect of flood and coastal erosion risk management for 6500 kilometres of main river and along tidal and sea defences in the area of the Northwest Regional Flood and Coastal Committee.
Money is spent on the construction of new flood defence schemes, the maintenance of the river system and existing flood defences together with the operation of a flood warning system and management of the risk of coastal erosion. The financial details are:
North West Regional Flood and Coastal Committee
| Spent on | 2025/26 | 2026/27 |
|---|
| Gross Expenditure |
£128,112 |
£162,983 |
| Levies Raised |
£4,681 |
£4,821 |
| Total Council Tax Base |
2,328 |
2,356 |
The majority of funding for flood defence comes directly from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). However, under the new Partnership Funding rule not all schemes will attract full central funding.
To provide local funding for local priorities and contributions for partnership funding the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees recommend through the Environment Agency a local levy.
A change in the gross budgeted expenditure between years reflects the programme of works for both capital and revenue needed by the Regional Flood and Coastal Committee to which you contribute. The total Local Levy raised by this committee has increased by 3.0%.
The total Local Levy raised has increased from £4,680,577 in 2025/2026 to £4,820,995 for 2026/2027.