UK public spending, 2025-26

£1tn pays the state pension for 6.9 years

The state pension costs £145.6bn a year — £399m a day, or £4,614 every second.

Your £1tn is 686.8% of the annual bill

Source: DWP state pension expenditure 2025-26, ~£145.6bn. Assumes the money goes out evenly through the year.

£1tn on the clock

The same £1tn elsewhere

Budget	Lasts
The whole UK governmentruns	38 weeks
The NHSruns	4.9 years
Social protection (all benefits and pensions)pays	2.6 years
Interest on the national debtcovers	10.2 years
Schools and educationruns	10.5 years
Defence (day-to-day)runs	25.6 years
The deficitplugs	7.8 years
HMRC's takematches	55 weeks
The monarchy (Sovereign Grant)runs	7570.0 years