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Public sector finances, UK: May 2021
Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks, PSNB ex) was estimated to have been £24.3 billion in May 2021; this was the second-highest May borrowing since monthly records began in 1993, £19.4 billion less than in May 2020. Provisional May 2021 estimates of central government receipts were £56.9 billion, £7.5 billion more than in May 2020, while central government bodies spent £81.8 billion, £10.9 billion less than in May 2020. Public sector net borrowing (PSNB ex) was estimated to have been £53.4 billion in the financial year-to-May 2021; this was the second-highest financial year-to-May ... (full story)