Budgets
What did Budget 2020 forecast, and what happened?
Forecast figures appear here once the OBR files are loaded. The HM Treasury documents are linked above.
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- Chancellor
- Rishi Sunak
- Government
- Conservative
- Type
- Budget
- Date
- 11 March 2020
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Forecast figures appear here once the OBR files are loaded. The HM Treasury documents are linked above. See Data health.
Fiscal rules at this event
Structural deficit
Target: Cyclically adjusted deficit below 2 per cent of GDP
Target year: 2020-21
Outcome: Not assessed. The outcome for Structural deficit has not been assessed yet.
Charter for Budget Responsibility, autumn 2016 updateDebt falling
Target: Public sector net debt falling as a share of GDP
Target year: 2020-21
Outcome: Not assessed. The outcome for Debt falling has not been assessed yet.
Charter for Budget Responsibility, autumn 2016 update
Largest policy measures
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How to read these comparisons
- Outturn figures are revised by the ONS for years after the event. Each difference uses the ONS release shown in Sources, and is updated when the ONS revises.
- Changes to how things are classified, such as the treatment of student loans or the Bank of England's schemes, can move borrowing and debt without any change in policy. These are marked "Basis changed".
- Each forecast assumes the policies in place at the time. Later policy changes are one reason outturns differ.
- Large shocks, such as the pandemic and the energy price rise, account for many of the biggest differences. A forecast difference is not a broken promise.