The Finances of the London Borough of Hillingdon

An Attempt to Shed Some Light for Residents

You may have heard that Hillingdon Council is in financial difficulty, with a cabinet member stating on national media that “we’ve run out of money”.

Council finances are a complex issue, so together with HARA (the Hillingdon Alliance of Residents’ Associations) and all of the other residents’ associations around our borough, we have done our best to create a readable, non-partisan look at what has been happening over the last year, and what may happen in the near future.

Read more in our special series of articles:

• Hillingdon Council risks going bankrupt before March and is seeking a government bailout
• Glossary of names and terms
• A Timeline of Warnings, Shifting Explanations, and Internal Failures
• Hillingdon Council isn’t going bankrupt because of the cost of asylum seekers, refugees, Chagossians or aliens
• What Has Actually Gone Wrong? The Three Core Failures
• The London Councils video: A smokescreen for a local failure?
• The Council’s Financial Crisis Explained
• A “Bailout” Explained: What is Exceptional Financial Support?
• If the council goes bankrupt, what differences would residents see?

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