Government Borrowings

22 March 2024

February's Government borrowing figures
February’s borrowing numbers, which were higher than expected by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) and the market

22 February 2024

January's Government borrowing figures
January’s figures, which have provided the Chancellor with the usual surplus. He has been helped further by significant revisions to earlier borrowing in 2023/24

24 January 2024

December's Government borrowing figures
As he heads towards the 6 March Budget, December’s monthly Government finance numbers gave the Chancellor more wriggle room than November’s data suggested

27 December 2023

November's Government borrowing figures
November’s monthly Government finance numbers, which showed the Chancellor to have less wiggle room than October’s data suggested

21 November 2023

October's Government borrowing figures
October's monthly Government finance numbers, which showed the Chancellor to have about Ł3bn less wiggle room than September's data

23 October 2023

September's Government borrowing figures
September’s monthly Government finance data, which showed the Chancellor to be nearly Ł20bn below the OBR’s borrowing projection at the halfway stage in 2023/24