by Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2025 | Council Finances
Hillingdon Council is facing a severe financial crisis. Its latest financial report forecasts the 2025/26 budget to be £31.6 million overspent as of the end of August.. (Note: The council’s headline figure is £30.2m, but £31.6m is the figure required to make its...
by Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2025 | Council Finances
This series of articles has been written by residents, for residents, and while the subjects covered are both nuanced and complex, we have aimed to keep the language simple and the explanations easy to understand. There are necessarily some terms that simply have to...
by Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2025 | Council Finances
Hillingdon Council’s financial crisis has not happened overnight. It has unfolded through a sequence of predictable steps, starting with the drawing down of significant sums from reserves – which last December’s Cabinet report described as being in “steady...
by Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2025 | Council Finances
The council’s most-used public explanation for the financial crisis is a multi-million-pound cost for supporting asylum seekers and Chagossian arrivals, which it claims the government should be funding. The council has cited a cost of £16m for asylum...
by Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2025 | Council Finances
The council’s £31.6 million deficit is not a mystery, nor is it explained by the public reasons related to asylum seekers and/or Chagossian arrivals, National Insurance hikes or decisions the Labour government has made recently. It is the result of...
by Editorial Team | Nov 5, 2025 | Council Finances
On October 24, 2025, Hillingdon Council shared a five-month-old video from London Councils via social media . The council’s post stated the video illustrates pressures like “rising inflation,” “escalating demands,” and Hillingdon being...
