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Budget headroom 2029-30 (£bn)

This tracks your fiscal performance

You need to meet two rules: balance the current budget, excluding investment; and put public debt on track to fall as a share of GDP in the final year of our five year forecast. This gauge shows your progress on the second. Red means debt is rising; purple means it’s falling. The fiscal rules may also be changing, but more on that later.

  1. -80
  2. -40
  3. 0
  4. 40
  5. 80
The Budget Game

Can you run the UK economy?

Step into the chancellor’s shoes and devise your fiscal plan