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| Category | critical | high | medium | low |
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| Budget control | · | 1 | · | · |
| Group / ALEO | 1 | · | · | · |
| Transparency | · | 1 | · | · |
| Workforce | · | · | 1 | · |
| Sustainability | · | 1 | · | · |
Triage queue
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.
External audit report variance · GCC Annual Accounts 2024/25 + Annual Audit Report 2024/25
Qualified group opinion — City Building
Qualified audit opinion on 2024/25 council and group statements in respect of two City Building group entities.
Audit opinion · GCC Annual Accounts 2024/25 + Annual Audit Report 2024/25
No public payment register
Unlike English councils, GCC publishes no spend-over-£500 file. 736k invoices exist internally.
Publication-scheme scan · Honest gap — not missing software
Exit packages jumped
Disclosed exit packages £10.280m vs £6.258m prior year.
Remuneration report YoY · GCC Annual Accounts 2024/25 + Annual Audit Report 2024/25
Medium-term gap
August 2025 outlook: £90.4m gap 2026/27 and £19.3m 2027/28. Budget Support Fund projected exhausted by 31 March 2026.
City Administration Committee outlook cited in AAR · GCC Annual Accounts 2024/25 + Annual Audit Report 2024/25