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    What is the Total UK Public Spending?

    In the fiscal year ending in 2026, total UK public spending, including central government and local authorities, was £1,326.0 billion. In the fiscal year ending in 2027, total UK public spending is expected to be £1,383.5 billion.

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    Function -yr 2015 +yr  
      Total Spending£759.1 billion 
      Pensions£149.8 billion 
      Health Care£134.1 billion 
      Education£85.1 billion 
      Defence£45.3 billion 
      Welfare£114.4 billion 
    source: outturn

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    Spending Data Sources

    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.

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    Data Sources for 2015:

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