GLA Spend Explorer
Follow the Greater London Authority's money, by directorate, vendor and year.
Every pound the Greater London Authority spends, by directorate, vendor and year.
Status: Live · content · built and run by Jack Stovell at Adapt Progress Evolve
What it is
GLA Spend Explorer turns the Greater London Authority's published spending data into something you can actually dig through. Break it down by directorate, category or vendor, filter by financial year and compare one year with another.
Who it's for
I made it for residents, journalists and researchers who want to see where London's public money goes without wrestling raw spreadsheets.
How it works
- Published data in. The GLA's own transaction-level spending data goes into one normalised database, with the raw supplier and category kept alongside.
- Break it down. Spend by directorate, by category and by vendor, with search.
- See the trend. Monthly trend charts, financial-year filters and year-on-year comparison.
Timeline
- — First commit
Facts
- Covers
- Greater London Authority
- Views
- Directorate, category, vendor
Under the hood
Stack: React, Supabase, Open data.
Agents in the fleet that work on it: Open data.
FAQ
How can I see what the Greater London Authority spends money on?
GLA Spend Explorer, at gla.ukspend.com, lets you browse Greater London Authority spending by directorate, category and vendor, with monthly trends and financial-year filters.
Can I search GLA spending by supplier?
Yes. GLA Spend Explorer has a vendor drill-down and search, so you can see what was paid to a given supplier over time.
Where does the GLA spending data come from?
GLA Spend Explorer uses the spending data the GLA publishes itself. The original supplier and category names are kept next to the cleaned-up versions.