£1,266bn
Total UK public spending in 2024/25. Below: how it's sliced up. Click any card to flip it for a deeper breakdown.
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The NHS alone takes nearly a fifth of all government spending — more than education, defence and transport combined.
£242bn
Health, 2024/25
Sources & notes
Top-line spending figures are 2024/25 totals from the House of Commons Library "Public Spending: a brief introduction" briefing (CBP-8046) and the Office for Budget Responsibility. Sub-breakdowns are derived from departmental annual reports (DWP, DHSC, DfE, MoD), HM Treasury PESA tables, and OBR welfare and spending forecasts. Categories follow the standard COFOG functional classification used by HM Treasury. "Your share" calculations assume your tax contribution is distributed proportionally to overall spending — a simplification, since tax revenue and total spending aren't identical (the government also borrows). All figures are rounded.