Updated 24 Jun 2026
Tier overview

District Authorities

Unitary authorities, metropolitan boroughs, London boroughs and shire districts. 120 of 298 have flags · 177 flags total.

National flag severity breakdown
SeverityCount
critical16
high152
medium9
low0
Total177
CouncilFlagsHighest severityCategoriesTrend
London Borough of Croydon10CriticalFinancial stress, Audit & assurance, Governance & transparency
Slough Borough Council9CriticalFinancial stress, Audit & assurance, Governance & transparency
Nottingham City Council9CriticalFinancial stress, Audit & assurance, Governance & transparency
Thurrock Council8CriticalFinancial stress, Audit & assurance, Governance & transparency
Birmingham City Council7CriticalFinancial stress, Audit & assurance, Governance & transparency
Woking Borough Council4CriticalFinancial stress, Audit & assurance, Governance & transparency
London Borough of Tower Hamlets2CriticalGovernance & transparency
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council2CriticalGovernance & transparency
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council1CriticalGovernance & transparency
Liverpool City Council2HighGovernance & transparency
Redcar and Cleveland2HighGovernance & transparency
Stockton-on-Tees2HighGovernance & transparency
Kingston upon Hull, City of2HighGovernance & transparency
East Riding of Yorkshire2HighGovernance & transparency
North East Lincolnshire2HighGovernance & transparency
Derby2HighGovernance & transparency
Leicester2HighGovernance & transparency
North Somerset2HighGovernance & transparency
South Gloucestershire2HighGovernance & transparency
Plymouth2HighGovernance & transparency
County Durham2HighGovernance & transparency
Isles of Scilly2HighGovernance & transparency
Bradford Metropolitan District Council1HighGovernance & transparency
Cambridge1HighGovernance & transparency
East Cambridgeshire1HighGovernance & transparency
Fenland1HighGovernance & transparency
Bolsover1HighGovernance & transparency
North East Derbyshire1HighGovernance & transparency
Exeter1HighGovernance & transparency
Mid Devon1HighGovernance & transparency
North Devon1HighGovernance & transparency
South Hams1HighGovernance & transparency
Teignbridge1HighGovernance & transparency
Torridge1HighGovernance & transparency
West Devon1HighGovernance & transparency
Wealden1HighGovernance & transparency
Basildon1HighGovernance & transparency
Braintree1HighGovernance & transparency
Castle Point1HighGovernance & transparency
Chelmsford1HighGovernance & transparency
Tendring1HighGovernance & transparency
Cotswold1HighGovernance & transparency
Forest of Dean1HighGovernance & transparency
Dacorum1HighGovernance & transparency
Fylde1HighGovernance & transparency
Lancaster1HighGovernance & transparency
Pendle1HighGovernance & transparency
Hinckley and Bosworth1HighGovernance & transparency
North West Leicestershire1HighGovernance & transparency
Oadby and Wigston1HighGovernance & transparency
Boston1HighGovernance & transparency
East Lindsey1HighGovernance & transparency
South Holland1HighGovernance & transparency
Breckland1HighGovernance & transparency
Great Yarmouth1HighGovernance & transparency
Cannock Chase1HighGovernance & transparency
East Staffordshire1HighGovernance & transparency
Stafford1HighGovernance & transparency
Staffordshire Moorlands1HighGovernance & transparency
Mole Valley1HighGovernance & transparency
Waverley1HighGovernance & transparency
Nuneaton and Bedworth1HighGovernance & transparency
Rugby1HighGovernance & transparency
Warwick1HighGovernance & transparency
Bromsgrove1HighGovernance & transparency
Malvern Hills1HighGovernance & transparency
Redditch1HighGovernance & transparency
Worcester1HighGovernance & transparency
Wychavon1HighGovernance & transparency
Wyre Forest1HighGovernance & transparency
Welwyn Hatfield1HighGovernance & transparency
West Suffolk1HighGovernance & transparency
Bury1HighGovernance & transparency
Oldham1HighGovernance & transparency
Stockport1HighGovernance & transparency
Trafford1HighGovernance & transparency
Sunderland1HighGovernance & transparency
Dudley1HighGovernance & transparency
Solihull1HighGovernance & transparency
Barking and Dagenham1HighGovernance & transparency
Hounslow1HighGovernance & transparency
Lambeth1HighGovernance & transparency
Newham1HighGovernance & transparency
Middlesbrough1HighGovernance & transparency
Darlington1HighGovernance & transparency
Halton1HighGovernance & transparency
Warrington1HighGovernance & transparency
Blackburn with Darwen1HighGovernance & transparency
Blackpool1HighGovernance & transparency
North Lincolnshire1HighGovernance & transparency
York1HighGovernance & transparency
Rutland1HighGovernance & transparency
Herefordshire, County of1HighGovernance & transparency
Telford and Wrekin1HighGovernance & transparency
Stoke-on-Trent1HighGovernance & transparency
Bath and North East Somerset1HighGovernance & transparency
Bristol City of1HighGovernance & transparency
Torbay1HighGovernance & transparency
Swindon1HighGovernance & transparency
Peterborough1HighGovernance & transparency
Luton1HighGovernance & transparency
Southend-on-Sea1HighGovernance & transparency
Medway1HighGovernance & transparency
Bracknell Forest1HighGovernance & transparency
West Berkshire1HighGovernance & transparency
Reading1HighGovernance & transparency
Windsor and Maidenhead1HighGovernance & transparency
Wokingham1HighGovernance & transparency
Milton Keynes1HighGovernance & transparency
Brighton and Hove1HighGovernance & transparency
Portsmouth1HighGovernance & transparency
Southampton1HighGovernance & transparency
Isle of Wight1HighGovernance & transparency
Cheshire East1HighGovernance & transparency
Cheshire West and Chester1HighGovernance & transparency
Shropshire1HighGovernance & transparency
Cornwall1HighGovernance & transparency
Wiltshire1HighGovernance & transparency
Bedford1HighGovernance & transparency
Kensington and Chelsea2MediumGovernance & transparency
Adur0—No concerns flagged
Amber Valley0—No concerns flagged
Arun0—No concerns flagged
Ashfield0—No concerns flagged
Ashford0—No concerns flagged
Babergh0—No concerns flagged
Barnet0—No concerns flagged
Barnsley0—No concerns flagged
Basingstoke and Deane0—No concerns flagged
Bassetlaw0—No concerns flagged
Belfast0—No concerns flagged
Bexley0—No concerns flagged
Blaby0—No concerns flagged
Bolton0—No concerns flagged
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole0—No concerns flagged
Brent0—No concerns flagged
Brentwood0—No concerns flagged
Broadland0—No concerns flagged
Bromley0—No concerns flagged
Broxbourne0—No concerns flagged
Broxtowe0—No concerns flagged
Buckinghamshire0—No concerns flagged
Burnley0—No concerns flagged
Calderdale0—No concerns flagged
Camden0—No concerns flagged
Canterbury0—No concerns flagged
Cardiff0—No concerns flagged
Central Bedfordshire0—No concerns flagged
Charnwood0—No concerns flagged
Cheltenham0—No concerns flagged
Cherwell0—No concerns flagged
Chesterfield0—No concerns flagged
Chichester0—No concerns flagged
Chorley0—No concerns flagged
City of Edinburgh0—No concerns flagged
City of London0—No concerns flagged
Colchester0—No concerns flagged
Coventry0—No concerns flagged
Crawley0—No concerns flagged
Cumberland0—No concerns flagged
Dartford0—No concerns flagged
Derbyshire Dales0—No concerns flagged
Doncaster0—No concerns flagged
Dorset0—No concerns flagged
Dover0—No concerns flagged
Ealing0—No concerns flagged
East Devon0—No concerns flagged
East Hampshire0—No concerns flagged
East Hertfordshire0—No concerns flagged
East Suffolk0—No concerns flagged
Eastbourne0—No concerns flagged
Eastleigh0—No concerns flagged
Enfield0—No concerns flagged
Epping Forest0—No concerns flagged
Epsom and Ewell0—No concerns flagged
Erewash0—No concerns flagged
Fareham0—No concerns flagged
Gateshead0—No concerns flagged
Gedling0—No concerns flagged
Gloucester0—No concerns flagged
Gosport0—No concerns flagged
Gravesham0—No concerns flagged
Greenwich0—No concerns flagged
Guildford0—No concerns flagged
Hackney0—No concerns flagged
Hammersmith and Fulham0—No concerns flagged
Harborough0—No concerns flagged
Haringey0—No concerns flagged
Harlow0—No concerns flagged
Harrow0—No concerns flagged
Hart0—No concerns flagged
Hartlepool0—No concerns flagged
Hastings0—No concerns flagged
Havant0—No concerns flagged
Havering0—No concerns flagged
Hertsmere0—No concerns flagged
High Peak0—No concerns flagged
Hillingdon0—No concerns flagged
Horsham0—No concerns flagged
Huntingdonshire0—No concerns flagged
Hyndburn0—No concerns flagged
Ipswich0—No concerns flagged
Islington0—No concerns flagged
King's Lynn and West Norfolk0—No concerns flagged
Kingston upon Thames0—No concerns flagged
Kirklees0—No concerns flagged
Knowsley0—No concerns flagged
Leeds0—No concerns flagged
Lewes0—No concerns flagged
Lewisham0—No concerns flagged
Lichfield0—No concerns flagged
Lincoln0—No concerns flagged
Maidstone0—No concerns flagged
Maldon0—No concerns flagged
Manchester0—No concerns flagged
Mansfield0—No concerns flagged
Melton0—No concerns flagged
Merton0—No concerns flagged
Mid Suffolk0—No concerns flagged
Mid Sussex0—No concerns flagged
New Forest0—No concerns flagged
Newark and Sherwood0—No concerns flagged
Newcastle upon Tyne0—No concerns flagged
Newcastle-under-Lyme0—No concerns flagged
North Hertfordshire0—No concerns flagged
North Kesteven0—No concerns flagged
North Norfolk0—No concerns flagged
North Northamptonshire0—No concerns flagged
North Tyneside0—No concerns flagged
North Warwickshire0—No concerns flagged
North Yorkshire0—No concerns flagged
Northumberland0—No concerns flagged
Norwich0—No concerns flagged
Oxford0—No concerns flagged
Preston0—No concerns flagged
Redbridge0—No concerns flagged
Reigate and Banstead0—No concerns flagged
Ribble Valley0—No concerns flagged
Richmond upon Thames0—No concerns flagged
Rochdale0—No concerns flagged
Rochford0—No concerns flagged
Rossendale0—No concerns flagged
Rother0—No concerns flagged
Runnymede0—No concerns flagged
Rushcliffe0—No concerns flagged
Rushmoor0—No concerns flagged
Salford0—No concerns flagged
Sefton0—No concerns flagged
Sevenoaks0—No concerns flagged
Sheffield0—No concerns flagged
Shepway0—No concerns flagged
Somerset0—No concerns flagged
South Cambridgeshire0—No concerns flagged
South Derbyshire0—No concerns flagged
South Kesteven0—No concerns flagged
South Norfolk0—No concerns flagged
South Oxfordshire0—No concerns flagged
South Ribble0—No concerns flagged
South Staffordshire0—No concerns flagged
South Tyneside0—No concerns flagged
Southwark0—No concerns flagged
Spelthorne0—No concerns flagged
St Albans0—No concerns flagged
St. Helens0—No concerns flagged
Stevenage0—No concerns flagged
Stratford-on-Avon0—No concerns flagged
Stroud0—No concerns flagged
Surrey Heath0—No concerns flagged
Sutton0—No concerns flagged
Swale0—No concerns flagged
Tameside0—No concerns flagged
Tamworth0—No concerns flagged
Tandridge0—No concerns flagged
Test Valley0—No concerns flagged
Tewkesbury0—No concerns flagged
Thanet0—No concerns flagged
Three Rivers0—No concerns flagged
Tonbridge and Malling0—No concerns flagged
Tunbridge Wells0—No concerns flagged
Uttlesford0—No concerns flagged
Vale of White Horse0—No concerns flagged
Wakefield0—No concerns flagged
Walsall0—No concerns flagged
Waltham Forest0—No concerns flagged
Wandsworth0—No concerns flagged
Watford0—No concerns flagged
West Lancashire0—No concerns flagged
West Lindsey0—No concerns flagged
West Northamptonshire0—No concerns flagged
West Oxfordshire0—No concerns flagged
Westminster0—No concerns flagged
Westmorland and Furness0—No concerns flagged
Wigan0—No concerns flagged
Winchester0—No concerns flagged
Wirral0—No concerns flagged
Wolverhampton0—No concerns flagged
Worthing0—No concerns flagged
Wyre0—No concerns flagged
298 councils