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CivicLedger is a citizen forensic desk. All 32 Scottish councils are framed. Glasgow holds published accounts, the 2025/26 budget book, procurement awards and related-party lines. It does not invent invoices. Import an FOI CSV to go deeper. Press ⌘K to search.

Net expenditure budget
£2.13bn

2025/26 revenue estimates

Service overspend
£45.7m

2024/25 — highest in 6 years

Held payment lines
£58.5m

7 published + imported rows

Invoices paid (count)
736,484

2023/24 — not published as a file

Held · Council / group accountsHeld · Budget book / estimatesHeld · Regulated contractsGap · Supplier payment totalsGap · Invoice lines / last penny

Where the 2025/26 net goes

Six service blocks = £2.03bn

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Gross £3.17bn − income £1.05bn = net £2.12bn. Every figure sourced.

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Live risk queue

high
Record service overspend

£45.7m net service overspend in 2024/25 — highest in six years. Education £15.6m (2%). Audit assessment Amber on financial management.

£45.7m
critical
Qualified group opinion — City Building

Qualified audit opinion on 2024/25 council and group statements in respect of two City Building group entities.

high
No public payment register

Unlike English councils, GCC publishes no spend-over-£500 file. 736k invoices exist internally.

medium
Exit packages jumped

Disclosed exit packages £10.280m vs £6.258m prior year.

£10.3m
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