"Figure 1: Public sector net borrowing (excluding public sector banks) in the current financial year-to-date (April to October 2017) compared with the latest full financial year (April 2016 to March 2017), UK","" "","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","£ billion" "","" "","Cumulative full financial year (April 2016 to March 2017)","Cumulative financial year-to-date (April to October 2017)","Monthly borrowing - current year","Monthly borrowing - previous year" "Apr","9.1","9.1","9.1","9.1" "May","16.2","15.9","6.8","7.1" "Jun","21.1","22.1","6.2","4.8" "Jul","21.5","20.8","-1.3","0.5" "Aug","28.5","25.5","4.6","6.9" "Sep","35.1","30.5","5.0","6.6" "Oct","42.6","38.5","8.0","7.5" "Nov","51.5","","","" "Dec","56.5","","","" "Jan","44.8","","","" "Feb","43.6","","","" "Mar","45.7","","",""