Accountability · Blueprint for a Better Britain
The Dashboard
Eight metrics. Updated on release dates. The accountability layer.
Last updated: April 2026
5
Deteriorating
3
Static
0
Improving
5 of 8 tracked metrics are moving in the wrong direction.
None are improving.
National Debt
£2,879.5bn
93.1% of GDP
Target: 60% of GDP — OBR sustainable level. Was 35% in 2007.
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Deteriorating
Debt has nearly tripled as a share of GDP since 2007
Debt Interest
£111bn
per year (2025–26 forecast)
Benchmark: £39bn — 2019–20 actual (pre-COVID)
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Deteriorating
Tripled in 5 years — more than the defence budget
Real Wage Growth
+3.5%
total over 14 years (2009–2024)
Benchmark: +25–30% — pre-2008 trend over equivalent period
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Static
14 years of near-zero real wage growth
Housing Completions
~220,000
net additional dwellings/year (2023–24)
Target: 300,000/year — government target since 2017
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Deteriorating
Private output −6.3% in 3 months to January 2026
Industrial Electricity Price
26.63p
per kWh (UK industrial rate)
Benchmark: 6.67p/kWh — US industrial equivalent (IEA)
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Deteriorating
UK among the highest in the IEA — 4× the US rate
Major Project Delivery
11%
rated Green / on track by IPA/NISTA
Target: 100% — by definition, projects should deliver as planned
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Static
IFG: portfolio health "plateaued for four years"
NHS 18-Week Target
55.4%
compliance (February 2026)
Target: 92% — NHS constitutional standard (set 2008). Waiting list: 7.5m.
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Deteriorating
Target last met in 2016 — 37 percentage points off standard
Digital Government
~12
end-to-end digital services (UK)
Benchmark: 99% (Estonia), 94% (Denmark) — services fully digital
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Static
GDS capability eroded since 2016 peak
How this works
Blueprint tracks eight metrics from primary government sources. Data is updated on release dates. Each metric links to the relevant section of our companion papers. If you spot an error or have a challenge to any figure, contact us.