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Salford: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Salford City Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, North West; part of the GMCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000006.

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Salford for 2026–27: £2,155.20 of a £2,594.45 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 6 opened (2 academy converter, 2 new provision, 1 reason not recorded, 1 result of amalgamation), 4 closed (2 academy converter, 2 result of amalgamation/merger)

Clarendon Road Community Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
Hilton Lane Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
The Clifton Centre — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
The New Broadwalk PRU — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Angel Meadow School — open, 1 July 2026
Clarendon Road Community Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
Edintervention School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 8 December 2025
Hilton Lane Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
Quayside School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 8 September 2026
Silverdale — open; reason recorded: result of amalgamation, 1 September 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Salford reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Salford: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£311.9 million
Highways and transport services	£4.4 million
Children's social care	£94.8 million
Adult social care	£150.7 million
Public health	£29.4 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£15.4 million
Cultural and related services	£14.9 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£18.0 million
Planning and development services	£20.6 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£20.6 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£680.7 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Salford in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 294,348 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 33 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £22,434 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £606 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 33.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 4.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £229,462 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.6 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 58.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 57.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.5 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 94.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 96.1 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 11,365 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

60 seats in 2026. Run by: LAB Mayor, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 34, Reform UK 14, Conservative and Unionist 6, Green Party (E&W) 3, Independent / Other 2, Liberal Democrats 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 60 councillors, by ward

Jacqui Fahy (Labour Party) — Barton & Winton
John Mullen (Labour Party) — Barton & Winton
Michael Felse (Reform UK) — Barton & Winton
David Jones (Green Party (E&W)) — Blackfriars & Trinity
Emma Cammell (Labour Party) — Blackfriars & Trinity
Jane Hamilton (Labour Party) — Blackfriars & Trinity
Bob Clarke (Conservative and Unionist) — Boothstown & Ellenbrook
Darren Ward (Conservative and Unionist) — Boothstown & Ellenbrook
Jan Barrington (Conservative and Unionist) — Boothstown & Ellenbrook
Jim King (Labour Party) — Broughton
John Merry (Labour Party) — Broughton
Maria Brabiner (Labour Party) — Broughton
Hannah Robinson-Smith (Labour Party) — Cadishead & Lower Irlam
James Hart (Reform UK) — Cadishead & Lower Irlam
Leighton Medley (Reform UK) — Cadishead & Lower Irlam
Barbara Bentham (Labour Party) — Claremont
Christopher Bates (Reform UK) — Claremont
Michael Pevitt (Labour Party) — Claremont
Lisa Muir (Labour Party) — Eccles
Mike McCusker (Labour Party) — Eccles
Nathaniel Tetteh (Labour Party) — Eccles
Christopher Evans (Reform UK) — Higher Irlam & Peel Green
John Walsh (Labour Party) — Higher Irlam & Peel Green
Tracy Kelly (Labour Party) — Higher Irlam & Peel Green
Andrew Walters (Independent / Other) — Kersal & Broughton Park
Ari Leitner (Conservative and Unionist) — Kersal & Broughton Park
Arnold Saunders (Conservative and Unionist) — Kersal & Broughton Park
Lewis Croden (Reform UK) — Little Hulton
Rob Sharpe (Labour Party) — Little Hulton
Tony Davies (Labour Party) — Little Hulton
Ben Grogan (Labour Party) — Ordsall
Martyn Stockley (Green Party (E&W)) — Ordsall
Tanya Burch (Labour Party) — Ordsall
Barry Warner (Labour Party) — Pendlebury & Clifton
Natalie Rowland (Reform UK) — Pendlebury & Clifton
Su Matthews (Labour Party) — Pendlebury & Clifton
Daryl Stone-Shaw (Reform UK) — Pendleton & Charlestown
Michele Barnes (Labour Party) — Pendleton & Charlestown
Wilson Nkurunziza (Labour Party) — Pendleton & Charlestown
Andrea O'Brien (Green Party (E&W)) — Quays
Jake Rowland (Labour Party) — Quays
Jonathan Moore (Liberal Democrats) — Quays
Bill Hinds (Independent / Other) — Swinton & Wardley
Jim Dawson (Labour Party) — Swinton & Wardley
Peter Jones (Reform UK) — Swinton & Wardley
Heather Fletcher (Labour Party) — Swinton Park
Jim Cammell (Labour Party) — Swinton Park
Monika Puchalska (Reform UK) — Swinton Park
Adrian Brocklehurst (Labour Party) — Walkden North
Miles Henderson (Reform UK) — Walkden North
Sammie Bellamy (Labour Party) — Walkden North
Hilaria Asumu (Labour Party) — Walkden South
Ivan Voronov (Reform UK) — Walkden South
Joshua Brooks (Labour Party) — Walkden South
Charlotte Youd (Labour Party) — Weaste & Seedley
Paul Doyle (Reform UK) — Weaste & Seedley
Philip Cusack (Labour Party) — Weaste & Seedley
James Prady (Labour Party) — Worsley & Westwood Park
Kaiden Morrison (Reform UK) — Worsley & Westwood Park
Robin Garrido (Conservative and Unionist) — Worsley & Westwood Park

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Cite this page

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.