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Chart of the week: fuel prices
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- 28 May 2026
Our chart this week is on fuel prices, illustrating both how the price at the pump is made up and how prices have risen over the last four months.
Climate adaptation finance as the next frontier of public financial management
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- 26 May 2026
Without robust adaptation metrics, public climate finance risks remaining fragmented and input-driven rather than outcome-oriented, warns Alishba Khan
April’s public sector finances add to the Chancellor’s woes
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- 22 May 2026
Higher welfare spending pushed the deficit up by £5bn, from £19bn in the month of April 2025 to £24bn in April 2026, while opening net debt was revised up by £6bn.
Chart of the week: UK defence spending
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- 21 May 2026
Our chart this week returns to the subject of defence spending and how the extra money for defence being announced by the government is only a small step on the way to the NATO target of spending 3.5% of GDP.
Chart of the week: car exports and imports
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- 14 May 2026
Our chart this week is on the car market in the UK, showing how most of the cars made in the UK are exported (our third biggest goods export) and most of the new cars registered in the UK are imported (our biggest goods import).
Chart of the week: top 20 military spenders
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- 06 May 2026
Our chart this week is on the 20 countries that incurred the most military expenditure in 2025, starting with the US spending the most at $954bn, followed by China spending $336bn and the UK in sixth place at $89bn (£71bn).
Chart of the week: more people living longer
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- 01 May 2026
Our chart this week looks at how the number of people aged 65 or older is projected to increase by 34% over the next 25 years in contrast with a projected rise of just 1% in the number of working age adults. This will be a major challenge for the UK’s public finances.
End-of-year numbers show UK deficit lower than expected
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- 24 Apr 2026
The Office for National Statistics reports that UK sector net borrowing at the end of the 2025/26 financial year came in £1bn under the Spring Forecast estimate but remained £14bn more than budgeted.
Chart of the week: home living
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- 24 Apr 2026
Our chart this week is on how people in the UK still live in broadly the same type of households as they did 25 years ago, despite the population growing by 18% over that time.
Chart of the week: a £3tn economy
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- 17 Apr 2026
Our chart this week is on how GDP for the UK reached £3.0tn for the first time in 2025. This is a 58% increase over the course of a decade, mostly driven by a combination of inflation and a rising population, resulting in a relatively small amount of per capita economic growth.
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