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HM Treasury · Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025 · £ billion

Spending on general public services

Spending on general public services: Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2025LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05010015020052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: £45bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2004: £48.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2005: £54bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2006: £58bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2007: £61.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2008: £65.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2009: £69.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2010: £65.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2011: £78bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2012: £79.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2013: £74.8bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2014: £76.9bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2015: £75.7bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2016: £76.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2017: £80.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2018: £84.4bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2019: £80.9bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2020: £81.3bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2021: £72bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2022: £109.2bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2023: £166bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2024: £163.1bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025Year ending March 2025: £157.6bn £ billion · published 17 July 2025
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Source: HM Treasury, Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2025, chapter 4: expenditure by function, PESA 2025 (published 17 July 2025). Data presentation: Civometry.

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