" Figure 3: August 2021 borrowing was £5.7 billion less than in August 2020 but still £14.8 billion more than in August 2019","" "Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks, UK","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Monthly PSNB ex","Monthly PSNB (August)" "Aug-19","","5.2" "Sep-19","8.1","" "Oct-19","11.6","" "Nov-19","5.5","" "Dec-19","5.8","" "Jan-20","-9.6","" "Feb-20","1.4","" "Mar-20","7.0","" "Apr-20","48.1","" "May-20","52.1","" "Jun-20","32.4","" "Jul-20","22.6","" "Aug-20","","25.7" "Sep-20","28.8","" "Oct-20","18.9","" "Nov-20","22.4","" "Dec-20","24.6","" "Jan-21","2.5","" "Feb-21","15.8","" "Mar-21","26.7","" "Apr-21","25.3","" "May-21","19.3","" "Jun-21","20.2","" "Jul-21","6.4","" "Aug-21","","20.0"