This bulletin presents the first provisional estimates of UK public sector finances for the complete financial year ending March 2018 (April 2017 to March 2018); these are not final figures and will be revised over the coming months as we replace our initial estimates with provisional and then final outturn data. Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks) decreased by £3.5 billion to £42.6 billion in the latest financial year (April 2017 to March 2018), compared with the previous financial year; this is the lowest net borrowing since the financial year ending March 2007. The Office for Budget ... (full story)