> the impression the diagram gives me is other that income is balanced by expenditure

As the government runs a deficit, part of the income comes from loans. This is listed as 'deficit' in this visualisation.

Thanks - makes more sense than what I just wrote down.

> Understanding government expenditure on some level should be a fundamental part of a citizen's participation.

HMRC sends people this information annually - a breakdown of what their amount of tax paid was spent on.

That doesn't mean it's understandable to the average person. SpaceX could send me detailed schematics of every rocket that launches and I wouldn't have a clue how it works.

It's a simple pie chart.

It's literally a pie chart and a table.

Good.

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Did you use voice-to-text to type this comment?

That is an unfounded accusation exclamation point

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looking ...

Agreed, this is a great resource, and the more of those "no data" end points that are filled in, the better.

Would be great to drill down and specifically see who gets paid what, for doing which jobs, how much money is going to which initiative, etc.

Would probably quite the undertaking, with the amount of beuraucracy in the British government.

There is a tiny red deficit "income" at the top just to the left of the middle of about £55.8bn

Thanks - that's going on my bookmarked links.

OK - I see a little more now. The red influx is some measure of deficit spending.

> I don't yet fully understand how to read it.

A graphic that's hard to read is a failed graphic.