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OBR · Year ending March 1990 to Year ending March 2025 · £ billion

Spending forecasts, £ billion

Spending forecasts, £ billion: Year ending March 1990 to Year ending March 2025ConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k1990200020102020Year ending March 1990: £218.6bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1991: £237.5bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1992: £263.2bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1993: £283bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1994: £295.8bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1995: £308.3bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1996: £322.6bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1997: £328.2bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1998: £344.2bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 1999: £354.8bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2000: £367.1bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2001: £390.1bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2002: £418bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2003: £452.8bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2004: £494.4bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2005: £534.9bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2006: £565.1bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2007: £592.4bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2008: £629.2bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2009: £685.8bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2010: £720.3bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2011: £743bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2012: £745.5bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2013: £759.1bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2014: £764.6bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2015: £786.1bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2016: £793.7bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2017: £811.4bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2018: £838.7bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2019: £856bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2020: £884.9bn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2021: £1.1tn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2022: £1.04tn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2023: £1.16tn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2024: £1.23tn £ billion · published 26 March 2026Year ending March 2025: £1.29tn £ billion · published 26 March 2026
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Source: OBR, Historical official forecasts database, Historical official forecasts database, March 2026 (published 26 March 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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