"Figure 2: Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks)","" "Cumulative financial year-to-date (April to July 2018) compared with the financial year ending March 2018 (April 2017 to March 2018), UK","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Cumulative full financial year (April 2017 to March 2018)","Cumulative financial year-to-date (April to July 2018)","Monthly borrowing - previous year","Monthly borrowing - current year" "Apr","9.0","6.0","9.0","6.0" "May","16.0","10.6","7.0","4.6" "Jun","22.3","14.8","6.3","4.2" "Jul","21.3","12.8","-1.0","-2.0" "Aug","25.5","","4.3","" "Sep","30.4","","4.9","" "Oct","37.6","","7.2","" "Nov","45.5","","7.9","" "Dec","48.0","","2.5","" "Jan","38.3","","-9.7","" "Feb","39.2","","0.9","" "Mar","39.4","","0.2",""