# United Kingdom LG: Current budget deficit (B8N): £m CPNSA ()

United Kingdom LG: Current budget deficit (B8N): £m CPNSA () was −3,505.0 £m in September 2026, up 1,452.0 from August 2026 and up 1,059.0 from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −4,957.0 £m (Aug 2026) to 9,253.0 £m (Apr 2020), averaging −1,495.8 £m.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.GOVDEFICIT.M.NSA.SECTOR-LG`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1997-04-01 to 2026-09-01 (354 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lg-current-budget-deficit-b8n-m-cpnsa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | −3,505.0 £m |
| August 2026 | −4,957.0 £m |
| July 2026 | −102.0 £m |
| June 2026 | −1,991.0 £m |
| May 2026 | −3,917.0 £m |
| April 2026 | 2,969.0 £m |
| March 2026 | −924.0 £m |
| February 2026 | −4,647.0 £m |
| January 2026 | −3,353.0 £m |
| December 2025 | −3,554.0 £m |
| November 2025 | −4,455.0 £m |
| October 2025 | −2,526.0 £m |
| September 2025 | −4,564.0 £m |
| August 2025 | −3,388.0 £m |
| July 2025 | −735.0 £m |
| June 2025 | −1,922.0 £m |
| May 2025 | −2,629.0 £m |
| April 2025 | 2,150.0 £m |
| March 2025 | −1,598.0 £m |
| February 2025 | −4,948.0 £m |
| January 2025 | −3,846.0 £m |
| December 2024 | −3,168.0 £m |
| November 2024 | −3,988.0 £m |
| October 2024 | −2,413.0 £m |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVDEFICIT.M.NSA.SECTOR-LG"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.GOVDEFICIT.M.NSA.SECTOR-LG",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```