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Most people arrive with a question, not a wish to browse data. Here are the ones we can answer from official figures, in one line first.
For example, income tax and National Insurance on £35,000 come to about £6,280 a year. See how government spending is divided.
Try the calculator →65% have waited under 18 weeks. The standard is 92%. Pick your NHS area to compare.
See waits near you →Put your area against the UK and against areas like yours, for pay, jobs and election results.
Compare your area →Borrowing is the gap between money collected and money spent. See how it has moved over time.
See the gap →One person can be waiting for more than one treatment. See the trend and the longest waits.
See the trend →Plain-English summaries of each vote and bill, with no opinions attached.
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Also see everything over time and what changed this week. Every answer is written from the same data as the rest of the site and updates nightly.