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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.
Chart of the week: international trade
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- 10 Apr 2026
This week’s chart illustrates how a £205bn surplus on trade in services was offset by a £243bn deficit on trade in goods to result in a net trade deficit of £38bn in 2025 – or £16bn if trade in precious metals is excluded.
Chart of the week: the start of a new fiscal year
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- 02 Apr 2026
Our first chart of the financial year starting 1 April 2026 looks at the government’s £1.4tn budget for 2026/27.
A year of transformation: a 2026 update for the public sector
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- 27 Mar 2026
The landscape of the public sector in 2026 is defined by a renewed focus on the fundamentals according to Henning Diederichs, Senior Technical Manager in ICAEW’s public sector team.
Chart of the week: council tax in England 2026/27
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- 27 Mar 2026
Our chart this week celebrates the start of a new financial year by looking at the average level of council tax across England.
More local government bodies receive disclaimed audit opinions
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- 25 Mar 2026
Auditors were unable to provide substantive assurance on the accounts of more than 180 local government bodies for the 2024/25 financial year, as work continues to build back assurance across local government.
Public budget overrun in February pales compared with what is coming
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- 23 Mar 2026
The year-to-date budget overrun jumped to £21bn in February, an unhelpful development for a Chancellor trying to calculate just how much extra she might be able to borrow to bail out households facing large rises in their energy bills.
Chart of the week: public investment
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- 20 Mar 2026
Our chart this week looks at how public investment in assets is expected to increase over the next couple of years as the government seeks to stimulate the economy and “build build build”.
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