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Total UK Government Revenue

Headline central, local, and total UK public revenue.

	Amounts in £ billion	March 2025	March 2026
	Central	1,046.4	1,157.3
	Local Authority	66.3	71.7
	Total UK revenue	1,112.6	1,229.0
Revenue: actual budgeted

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We have central government revenue data going back to 1692. Local government revenue goes back to 1868.

	Revenue Types	March 2026
	Income Taxes	£458.9 billion
	National Insurance	£200.6 billion
	Indirect Taxes	£442.3 billion
	Business and Other	£124.8 billion
	Total	£1,229.0 billion
Revenue: budgeted

Projected revenue is updated every March from OBR’s Economic and fiscal outlook report. Revenue outturn is updated every April from ONS’s Public Sector Finance report.

UK Public Revenue

UK Public Revenue Analysis

UK public includes both central government and local authority revenue.

Last year, FY 2025, total public revenue was £1,112.6 billion.

This year, FY 2026, total public revenue is budgeted at £1,229.0 billion.

UK Income Tax

UK Income Tax Analysis

Last year, FY 2025, total income tax revenue was £421.8 billion.

This year, FY 2026, total income tax revenue is budgeted at £458.9 billion.

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Revenue Data Sources

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Gross Domestic Product data comes from measuringworth.com.

Central government revenue data begins in 1692.

Local authority revenue data begins in 1868.

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Data Sources for 2026:

GDP: OBR EFO supp. economy tables
Revenue: OBR March 2018 Economic and fiscal outlook – charts and tables: fiscal
Debt: OBR Public Finances Databank

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UK Revenue and Deficit Forecast -- March 2026

On March 11, 2026 we updated UK revenue forecast data for 2025-26 to 2030-31 from the Office of Budget Responsibility's March 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook report in a zip file labeled "March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook - charts and tables (zip file)" and a spreadsheet file named "efo-march-2026-charts-and-tables-annex-tables.xlsx" and Table A.5: Current Receipts in tab "TA.5".

**UK Government Revenue Forecast**
2025-26 Forecast	March 2025 £ billion	March 2026 £ billion
Central Government	£1,157.6	£1,071.1
Local Authorities	£71.4	£67.9
Total UK Revenue	£1,229.0	£1,139.0

On March 11, 2026 we updated UK deficit forecast data for 2025-2065 to 2030-31 from the Office of Budget Responsibility's March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook report Table 6.5 Components of Net Borrowing in tab "6.5" in a zip file labeled "March 2026 Economic and fiscal outlook - detailed forecast tables: aggregates" and a spreadsheet file named "efo-march-2026-detailed-forecast-tables-aggregates.xlsx".