United Kingdom Budget Visualization

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Post by rsp1984 » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 9:54 AM UTC

United Kingdom Budget Visualization
uk.wikibudgets.org

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Post by foobar_ » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:30 AM UTC

This is really awesome! Needs more breakdowns.

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Post by davidiach » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:30 AM UTC

Nice visualization.

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Post by atoav » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:34 AM UTC

For Reference: this type of chart is called a "sankey diagram"

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#5

Post by frobozz » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:35 AM UTC

There, at the top of "Other Expenditures", Slightly smaller than running the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.

That is what's governing the entire political agenda right now.

That's the amount of money stuck on the side of a bus with the suggestion that we could spend it on the NHS instead

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Post by arethuza » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:38 AM UTC

atoav wrote: post #4

For Reference: this type of chart is called a "sankey diagram"

It's a pretty neat way to visualize P&L in a pretty logical way (money comes in on the left and goes out on the right).

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Post by arethuza » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:39 AM UTC

frobozz wrote: post #5

There, at the top of "Other Expenditures", Slightly smaller than running the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. That is what's governing the entire political agenda right now. That's the amount of money stuck on the side of a bus with the suggestion that we could spend it on the NHS instead

Yes, I tried looking for it and had to use the search feature to find it.

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Post by virgilp » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:42 AM UTC

Nice visualisation. But why is "VAT refunds" an income? And why is "Petroleum revenue tax" an expenditure? (2.2B, coming out at the top of the 241B "Taxes on income and wealth")

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Post by hardlianotion » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:42 AM UTC

That is a great idea. Understanding government expenditure on some level should be a fundamental part of a citizen's participation.

I don't yet fully understand how to read it. It's not really clear to me what the difference in income and expenditure is - the impression the diagram gives me is other that income is balanced by expenditure, or that there is a budget surplus maybe. I think I recall that there is a budget deficit that the government runs.

Grateful for advice/corrections ...

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Post by Chris2048 » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 10:43 AM UTC

frobozz wrote: post #5

There, at the top of "Other Expenditures", Slightly smaller than running the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. That is what's governing the entire political agenda right now. That's the amount of money stuck on the side of a bus with the suggestion that we could spend it on the NHS instead

"the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales" takes over 12 billion to run?