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The pie charts show how local government spent its money on different areas in 2010 and 2015.
Overall, education, healthcare and pensions were the three biggest areas of spending in both years. However, the spending on welfare and interest on borrowing increased a lot, while spending on most other areas decreased.
In 2010, education had the largest share of the budget at 24%, followed by healthcare at 21% and pensions at 19%. Defence was 17%, and welfare was 8%. Interest on borrowing was 5%, while transport, culture and leisure, and other areas had very small percentages, at 3%, 2% and 1%.
In 2015, the percentage spent on education fell to 21%, and healthcare dropped slightly to 20%. Pensions stayed the same at 19%. Defence also decreased to 14%. On the other hand, welfare increased to 13%, and the interest on borrowing doubled from 5% to 10%. Transport and culture and leisure fell to only 1% each, and other spending stayed at 1%.