In the fiscal year ending in 2024, total UK public spending, including central government and local authorities, was £1,145.1 billion. In the fiscal year ending in 2025, total UK public spending is expected to be £1,155.9 billion.
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Expenditure data since 1983 comes from HM Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis reports.
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Gross Domestic Product data comes from measuringworth.com.
Central government spending data begins in 1692.
Local authority spending data begins in 1868.
GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Revenue: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
Debt: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics
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On April 23, 2024 the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its annual Public Sector Finances report. On May 6, 2024 we updated ukpublicrevenue.co.uk with the new public finance data.
£ billion | 2023-24 forecast | 2023-24 actual |
Central Government | £1,035.1 | £1,101.0 |
Local Authorities | £66.9 | £63.3 |
Total UK Revenue | £1,102.0 | £1,073.3 |
Revenue outturn data comes from the Office for National Statistics' March 2024 Public Sector Finances report using a spreadsheet file labeled "Public sector finances time series". Outturn revenue data for ukpublicrevenue.co.uk now extends from 1692 to 2023-24.
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