Headline comparisons

• Central government current receipts in the first

  five months of the financial year are 5.8% up on the same period last

  year. The Budget 2003 forecast for 2003-04 implies an increase of 7.0% for

  the year as a whole.

• Central government current spending in the first

  five months of the financial year is 10.0% up on the same period last

  year. The Budget 2003 forecast for 2003-04 implies an increase of 6.5% for

  the year as a whole.

• Public sector next investment in the first five

  months of the financial year is 138.8% up on the same period last year.

  The Budget 2003 forecast for 2003-04 implies an increase of 67.2% for the

  year as a whole.

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