"Figure 2: Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks)","" "Cumulative financial year-to-date (April to December 2018) compared with the financial year ending March 2018 (April 2017 to March 2018), UK","" "","" "Notes","1. OBR forecast for public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks from October 2018 Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO)." "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Cumulative full financial year (April 2017 - March 2018)","Cumulative financial year-to-date (April to December 2018)","Monthly borrowing - previous year","Monthly borrowing - current year","OBR full financial year ending 2019 borrowing forecast^1^" "Apr","9.1","5.5","9.1","5.5","" "May","16.1","9.7","7.0","4.2","" "Jun","22.4","12.9","6.3","3.2","" "Jul","21.5","9.5","-0.8","-3.3","" "Aug","25.9","15.1","4.4","5.6","" "Sep","31.0","18.2","5.0","3.1","" "Oct","38.3","25.8","7.4","7.7","" "Nov","46.3","33.0","8.0","7.1","" "Dec","49.0","35.9","2.7","3.0","" "Jan","39.7","","-9.3","","" "Feb","41.1","","1.4","","" "Mar","41.9","","0.8","","25.5"