United Kingdom Public Sector Net Borrowing

Country: United Kingdom, GBP
Importance:
Low
Sector: Government
Source: Office for National Statistics
Last release
22 Jan 2026 07:00 GMT
Actual
£11.578 B
Forecast
£11.983 B
Previous
£10.941 B
Next release
22 May 2026 06:00 GMT
Actual
Coming in 24 days
Forecast
£17.226 B
Previous
£11.578 B
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
19 Jun 2020
May 2020
£54.499 B
£6.165 B
22 May 2020
Apr 2020
£61.357 B
£6.747 B
23 Apr 2020
Mar 2020
£2.325 B
£2.800 B
20 Mar 2020
Feb 2020
£-0.394 B
£-0.478 B
21 Feb 2020
Jan 2020
£-10.538 B
£-14.269 B
22 Jan 2020
Dec 2019
£4.040 B
£1.686 B
20 Dec 2019
Nov 2019
£4.878 B
£6.000 B
21 Nov 2019
Oct 2019
£10.509 B
£11.739 B
22 Oct 2019
Sep 2019
£8.734 B
£5.110 B
24 Sept 2019
Aug 2019
£5.766 B
£6.685 B
21 Aug 2019
Jul 2019
£-1.971 B
£-6.430 B
19 Jul 2019
Jun 2019
£6.500 B
£6.588 B
21 Jun 2019
May 2019
£4.463 B
£1.180 B
22 May 2019
Apr 2019
£4.967 B
£3.105 B
24 Apr 2019
Mar 2019
£0.840 B
£0.243 B
21 Mar 2019
Feb 2019
£-0.664 B
£-3.434 B
21 Feb 2019
Jan 2019
£-15.759 B
£-12.651 B
22 Jan 2019
Dec 2018
£2.112 B
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21 Dec 2018
Nov 2018
£6.345 B
£5.625 B
21 Nov 2018
Oct 2018
£7.956 B
£8.347 B

Public Sector Net Borrowing shows the difference in monetary terms between total expenditure (current spendings plus net investments) and income (current receipts) of the public sector during the given month.

A positive value indicates a budget deficit.

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