Summary

An analysis of the factors that have contributed to the rise in the UK’s public sector net debt over the last two decades.

Publications

• Effects of the economy on public sector net debt, UK : April 2024

  Examines the economic reasons behind the large increase in public sector net debt as a percentage of GDP over the last two decades.

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   29 April 2024 9:30am

   Reason for change

   This was scheduled to be released on 29 April 2024, but has been postponed for a short period until 9 May 2024, pending further quality assurance. We apologise for any inconvenience.

2. Previous date

   9 May 2024 9:30am

   Reason for change

   This was scheduled to be released on 9 May 2024, but has been postponed for a short period until 10 May 2024, pending further quality assurance. We apologise for any inconvenience.