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Chart of the week: A big Autumn Budget hole to fill?
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- 14 Nov 2025
Our chart this week takes a look at the £40bn ‘hole’ in the public finances that the Chancellor may have to fill when she presents the Autumn Budget 2025 to Parliament on Wednesday 26 November.
Funding prevention is still cheaper than cures
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- 11 Nov 2025
Emma Snow, from the Five Giants Foundation, explains how the ‘five giants’ and systems thinking can help public health services improve outcomes and save money.
Chart of the week: Retail sales in Great Britain
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- 07 Nov 2025
Our chart this week breaks down the £529bn of sales made by retailers in England, Wales and Scotland in the year to September 2025.
The Chancellor’s speech: can Reeves deliver growth and raise taxes?
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- 05 Nov 2025
If business tax rises are inevitable, they must at least be phased in over time if we don’t want to stifle growth, says ICAEW.
Chart of the week: Households in England
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- 31 Oct 2025
The recent passing of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 prompts our chart of the week to take a look at just how many households there are in England.
How information can be reported to make better financial management decisions in government
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- 28 Oct 2025
Chronic underinvestment in technology across central government is hampering effective financial management. However, a new National Audit Office guide outlines how skills, culture, reporting infrastructure and data must come together to underpin decision making.
Chart of the week: US federal finances FY2025
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- 24 Oct 2025
Our chart this week looks at how the US federal government is funded and what it spends its money on.
Government deficit hits £100bn in the first half of the financial year
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- 22 Oct 2025
Revisions and corrections help reduce the budget overrun to £7bn for the six months to September 2025, but the outlook remains bleak.
Chart of the week: tax burden rising
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- 17 Oct 2025
Our chart this week shows how tax receipts as a proportion of national income have risen significantly since the turn of the century, begging the question as to whether taxes are too high or the UK economy is too small?
Chart of the week: the cost of (government) borrowing
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- 10 Oct 2025
Our chart this week looks at the cost of government borrowing by country based on 10-year government bond yields.
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