What percentage of my bill goes to Bradford?

All of your council tax (£2,246.00) goes to Bradford.

What does most of my money go towards?

Education takes the biggest share at 36% of the budget.

Is this council expensive compared to others?

This council charges £50.75 less than the average metropolitan district.

How much has my bill gone up this year?

Your bill went up by £191.00 (9.3%) from last year.

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Data provenance — Bradford Council

Every figure on the Bradford Council page links back to an official source. Here is the full manifest — what each data point is, where it comes from, and when it was last verified.

How we source Bradford Council data

The bar is: every number traceable to a .gov.uk URL.

Official UK government data only. No third-party aggregators. All figures come from GOV.UK bulk datasets (MHCLG Revenue Account, ONS, DEFRA, LGBCE) or from Bradford Council's own .gov.uk website.

Multi-source triangulation. Budget and population figures are cross-checked against at least two sources (e.g. council's own budget report vs. MHCLG RA return). If two sources disagree, we flag it in our internal validator and hold off publishing until we can verify the correct figure.

Dated and auditable. Every data point records the date it was verified. Spotted a discrepancy? Contact us and we'll investigate transparently — corrections are published on our change log.

Detailed data last verified: 2026-04-22

National sources (every council)

Bulk datasets used for every council on CivAccount. Council tax, service budgets, and population all come from these.

Council Tax 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Band D council tax
- Precepts (parish, police, fire)
- Tax rise percentage vs prior year
Revenue Account (RA) 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Net service budget (all 10 categories)
- Gross expenditure
- Total service budget
Revenue Outturn (RO) 2024-25
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Final out-turn spending
- Variance vs budget
ONS Mid-2024 Population Estimates
Office for National Statistics
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Population
- Per-capita calculations
Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBCE)
LGBCE
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Council type
- Ward structure
- Councillor numbers
DEFRA Local Authority Waste Statistics 2022-23
DEFRA
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Waste sent to recycling
- Waste sent to energy from waste
- Waste sent to landfill

Field-level sources (10)

Council-specific fields with a direct source URL. Each links to the exact .gov.uk document CivAccount pulled the data from.

Budget gap
2025-26
Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025-26 to 2029-30 — page 4, structural budget gap
Page 4
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2498627265ed…
Cabinet members & portfolios
Live page
Bradford Portfolio Holders 2025-26 (live page listing Leader + Cabinet)
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
Chief executive
Live page
Corporate Management Team — Chief Executive
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
Chief executive salary
2025-26
Pay Policy Statement 2025-26 — Senior Management Structure & Salary Ranges (Appendix B)
Page 11
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 545774339a69…
Council leader
Live page
Bradford Portfolio Holders page — Leader entry
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
Councillor basic allowance
2024-25
Statement of Councillors Earnings 01 April 24 - 31 March 25 — Basic column (page 1)
Page 1
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2a72b676f674…
Per-councillor allowance breakdown
2024-25
Statement of Councillors Earnings 2024-25 — per-member table, all 90 councillors across pages 1-4
Page 1
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2a72b676f674…
Savings target
2025-26
Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025-26 to 2029-30 — page 5, revenue savings target
Page 5
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2498627265ed…
Senior officer salary bands
2024-25
Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Note 10b Officers' Remuneration (band distribution, page 62 of 170)
Page 62
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 afb85fa9a84c…
Total councillor allowances (annual cost)
2024-25
Statement of Councillors Earnings 2024-25 — sum of Total column across all 90 members + civic allowances (page 4 shows tail-end totals)
Page 4
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2a72b676f674…

Want the full methodology?

How we collect, validate, and present council data — plus our correction policy, open data licence, and update cadence.

Methodology →Change log →Press kit →Raw JSON →

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BradfordBradford Council

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CivAccount v3.0

BradfordBradford Council

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Transparency

Data provenance — Bradford Council

Every figure on the Bradford Council page links back to an official source. Here is the full manifest — what each data point is, where it comes from, and when it was last verified.

How we source Bradford Council data

The bar is: every number traceable to a .gov.uk URL.

Official UK government data only. No third-party aggregators. All figures come from GOV.UK bulk datasets (MHCLG Revenue Account, ONS, DEFRA, LGBCE) or from Bradford Council's own .gov.uk website.

Dated and auditable. Every data point records the date it was verified. Spotted a discrepancy? Contact us and we'll investigate transparently — corrections are published on our change log.

Detailed data last verified: 2026-04-22

National sources (every council)

Bulk datasets used for every council on CivAccount. Council tax, service budgets, and population all come from these.

Council Tax 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Band D council tax
- Precepts (parish, police, fire)
- Tax rise percentage vs prior year
Revenue Account (RA) 2025-26
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Net service budget (all 10 categories)
- Gross expenditure
- Total service budget
Revenue Outturn (RO) 2024-25
GOV.UK (MHCLG)
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Final out-turn spending
- Variance vs budget
ONS Mid-2024 Population Estimates
Office for National Statistics
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Population
- Per-capita calculations
Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBCE)
LGBCE
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Council type
- Ward structure
- Councillor numbers
DEFRA Local Authority Waste Statistics 2022-23
DEFRA
Open source (opens in new tab)
- Waste sent to recycling
- Waste sent to energy from waste
- Waste sent to landfill

Field-level sources (10)

Council-specific fields with a direct source URL. Each links to the exact .gov.uk document CivAccount pulled the data from.

Budget gap
2025-26
Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025-26 to 2029-30 — page 4, structural budget gap
Page 4
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2498627265ed…
Cabinet members & portfolios
Live page
Bradford Portfolio Holders 2025-26 (live page listing Leader + Cabinet)
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
Chief executive
Live page
Corporate Management Team — Chief Executive
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
Chief executive salary
2025-26
Pay Policy Statement 2025-26 — Senior Management Structure & Salary Ranges (Appendix B)
Page 11
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 545774339a69…
Council leader
Live page
Bradford Portfolio Holders page — Leader entry
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
Councillor basic allowance
2024-25
Statement of Councillors Earnings 01 April 24 - 31 March 25 — Basic column (page 1)
Page 1
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2a72b676f674…
Per-councillor allowance breakdown
2024-25
Statement of Councillors Earnings 2024-25 — per-member table, all 90 councillors across pages 1-4
Page 1
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2a72b676f674…
Savings target
2025-26
Medium Term Financial Strategy 2025-26 to 2029-30 — page 5, revenue savings target
Page 5
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2498627265ed…
Senior officer salary bands
2024-25
Statement of Accounts 2024-25 — Note 10b Officers' Remuneration (band distribution, page 62 of 170)
Page 62
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 afb85fa9a84c…
Total councillor allowances (annual cost)
2024-25
Statement of Councillors Earnings 2024-25 — sum of Total column across all 90 members + civic allowances (page 4 shows tail-end totals)
Page 4
Open source (opens in new tab)
Accessed 2026-04-22
sha256 2a72b676f674…

Want the full methodology?

How we collect, validate, and present council data — plus our correction policy, open data licence, and update cadence.

Methodology →Change log →Press kit →Raw JSON →