Government expenditure in the UK

Summary

Types of government expenditure and their trends over the last 30 years, including current and capital spending by central and local government.

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• Government expenditure in the UK

  Types of government expenditure and their trends over the last 30 years, including current and capital spending by central and local government.

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Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   18 May 2026 7:00am

   Reason for change

   The previously stated release time of 07:00am was incorrect. This was caused by human error and has now been altered to the correct release time of 09:30am.