Category Archive: Monthly public finances release

This morning’s ONS release provides an initial estimate for full year 2025-26 public sector net borrowing of £132.0 billion. This is £19.8 billion below the latest full year estimate of borrowing in 2024-25. As the ONS states, this initial estimate should be seen as provisional and is typically revised in future. However, it is currently…

This morning’s ONS release estimates that borrowing in the first 11 months of 2025-26 totalled £125.9 billion. This is £11.9 billion below the same period last year due to higher central government receipts which are only partly offset by higher central government spending. Borrowing so far this year remains broadly in line with our March 2026…

This morning’s ONS release estimates that borrowing in the first nine months of 2025-26 totalled £140.4 billion. This is £0.3 billion below the same period last year and £4.1 billion below the monthly profile consistent with our November forecast. Lower than expected borrowing for the year to date is explained by central government net borrowing, which is £2.8…

This morning’s ONS release estimates that borrowing in the first six months of 2025-26 totalled £99.8 billion. This is £11.5 billion above the same period last year and £7.2 billion above the monthly profile consistent with our March forecast. Revised estimates of tax receipts for the year-to-date have reduced the estimated borrowing overshoot compared to…

This morning’s ONS release estimates that borrowing in the first five months of 2025-26 totalled £83.8 billion. This is £16.2 billion above the same period last year and £11.4 billion above the monthly profile consistent with our March forecast. The overshoot in this month’s estimates compared to our March forecast profile is primarily due to…

This morning’s ONS release estimates that borrowing in the first four months of 2025-26 totalled £60.0 billion. This is £6.7 billion above the same period last year and in line with the monthly profile consistent with our March forecast, with both accrued receipts and spending close to the March forecast profile.

This morning’s ONS release estimates that borrowing in the first three months of 2025-26 totalled £57.8 billion. This is £7.5 billion above the same period last year, which is exactly in line with our March forecast monthly profile. Central government receipts and spending are both broadly in line with the forecast profile. These initial outturn…

This morning’s ONS release estimates that borrowing in the first two months of 2025-26 totalled £37.7 billion. This is £1.6 billion above the same period last year and £2.9 billion below the monthly profile consistent with our March forecast. Central government spending is £1.6 billion below the forecast profile, though spending data is always highly…

We have published monthly profiles for receipts, spending and borrowing in 2025-26, consistent with our March 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook, below and alongside our monthly commentary on the public finances.

This morning’s ONS release provides an initial estimate for 2024-25 public sector net borrowing of £151.9 billion. This is £20.7 billion above the previous year and £14.6 billion above our March forecast. As the ONS state, this initial estimate should be seen as provisional and is typically revised in future. However, the current difference with…