ESPRESSO - Tax and Expenditure tool
ESPRESSO is a dataset and visualisation that shows the tax generated and public sector expenditure within local authority areas in England. Figures are estimates taken from multiple public sector data sources.
ESPRESSO was originally created to understand whether Greater Manchester was a net contributor to or net recipient from HM Treasury. The original work looked at tax take and expenditure by GM-based organisations, or by public sector organisations spending/collecting money in GM. This was expanded to the UK through an initial analysis in 2016, followed by an update in 2019.
In 2024, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) agreed to jointly work together to create the dataset again, reducing the scope to England and the financial year of 2021-22.
Further updates will be made to the tool when new data is made available.
If you have any queries, please contact research@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk.
If you have any queries, please contact research@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk.
ESPRESSO
Access the Tableau dashboard directly (external website)*
*dashboard is currently in 'Alpha' version and due to receive updates in August and September 2025.
Alternatively, if you want to use the embedded dashboard below, click on the 'Full screen' link in the bottom right to see the entirety of the dashboard.
We’d really appreciate your thoughts on the dashboard. Please take a moment to share your feedback by filling out the Feedback survey form.
Feedback survey form (external website)
You can download the underlying expenditure dataset used in this dashboard: