UK public spending, 2025-26
£1m pays the state pension for 3 min 37 sec
The state pension costs £145.6bn a year — £399m a day, or £4,614 every second.
Your £1m is 0.00069% of the annual bill
The same £1m elsewhere
| Budget | Lasts |
|---|---|
| The whole UK governmentruns | 23 seconds |
| The NHSruns | 2 min 35 sec |
| Social protection (all benefits and pensions)pays | 83 seconds |
| Interest on the national debtcovers | 5 min 23 sec |
| Schools and educationruns | 5 min 32 sec |
| Defence (day-to-day)runs | 13 min 29 sec |
| The deficitplugs | 4 min 7 sec |
| HMRC's takematches | 34 seconds |
| The monarchy (Sovereign Grant)runs | 2 days 18 hr |