UK Government Borrowing
How much the government borrows each month to cover the gap between spending and tax revenue.
£24.52bn
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Apr 1997 to Sep 2026
Source: ONS series DZLS (PUSF) · excluding public sector banks, monthly, not seasonally adjusted.
UK Government Borrowing in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In the UK, the government borrowing rose by £1.8bn over the year to Sep 2026, from £22.76bn in Sep 2025.
It is the highest reading since Mar 2021.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −£31.96bn in Jan 2026 to £24.52bn in Sep 2026.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- ONS
- Series
- DZLS
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- £m
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Sep 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Seasonal swings (e.g. around January self-assessment tax receipts) are normal.
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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