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Public sector net borrowing, excluding public sector banks (£ million)
£ 20,155 million
2025 APR
- Release date:
- 22 May 2025
- Next release:
- 20 June 2025
Public sector finances, UK: April 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- Borrowing – the difference between total public sector spending and income – was £20.2 billion in April 2025; this was £1.0 billion more than in April 2024 and the fourth-highest April borrowing since monthly records began in 1993
- Borrowing in the financial year ending (FYE) March 2025 was provisionally estimated at £148.3 billion; this is £3.7 billion lower than our initial estimate published in April 2025 and is now £11.0 billion more than the £137.3 billion forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
- The current budget deficit – borrowing to fund day-to-day public sector activities – in the FYE March 2025 was provisionally estimated at £70.3 billion; this is £4.3 billion lower than our initial estimate published in April 2025 and is now £9.6 billion more than the £60.7 billion forecast by the OBR.
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- Release date:
- 22 May 2025
- Next release:
- 20 June 2025
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- Release date:
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- Next release:
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- Release date:
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- Next release:
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- Release date:
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- Next release:
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- Release date:
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- Next release:
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- Release date:
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- Next release:
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Public sector finances tables 1 to 10: Appendix A
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Public sector current receipts: Appendix D
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