"Figure 3: The substantial increases in borrowing in recent months reflect the emerging effects of government coronavirus policies","" "Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks, UK, financial year ending (FYE) March 2021 compared with the FYE March 2020","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "Month","Cumulative borrowing - April 2019 to March 2020","Cumulative borrowing - April 2020 to March 2021","Monthly borrowing - April 2019 to March 2020","Monthly borrowing - April 2020 to March 2021" "Apr","10.6","47.3","10.6","47.3" "May","16.1","90.9","5.4","43.6" "Jun","23.0","119.1","6.9","28.3" "Jul","21.9","139.5","-1.1","20.3" "Aug","27.1","164.0","5.2","24.6" "Sep","35.2","191.3","8.1","27.2" "Oct","46.8","209.3","11.6","18.0" "Nov","52.4","231.4","5.5","22.1" "Dec","58.3","256.9","5.9","25.5" "Jan","48.6","259.1","-9.7","2.2" "Feb","50.0","275.1","1.5","16.0" "Mar","57.1","303.1","7.0","28.0"