The budget deficit in the UK in the fiscal year ended March 2018 amounted to 42.6 billion pounds, which is the minimum figure for 11 years, according to the Office for National Statistics. The budget deficit in relation to GDP decreased to 2.1% compared with 9.9% of GDP after the financial crisis of 2007-2008. In the past financial year, UK revenues exceeded expenditures by 112 million pounds. This is the first budget surplus, excluding borrowing for the financing of the capital expenditures since 2001-2002 fiscal year.
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