March 2021 United Kingdom budget
| Presented | Wednesday 3 March 2021 |
|---|---|
| Parliament | 58th |
| Party | Conservative Party |
| Chancellor | Rishi Sunak |
| Total revenue | £819 billion |
| Total expenditures | £1.053 trillion |
| Deficit | £234 billion |
| Website | Budget 2021 |
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The March 2021 United Kingdom budget, officially known as Protecting the Jobs and Livelihoods of the British People was a budget delivered by Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer in March 2021. It was expected to be delivered in autumn 2020, but was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It succeeds the budget held in March 2020, and the summer statement and Winter Economy Plan held in summer and autumn 2020, respectively. The budget is the second under Boris Johnson's government, also the second to be delivered by Sunak and the second since Britain's withdrawal from the European Union. The budget was the first for government expenditure in the United Kingdom to exceed £1 trillion.
It was confirmed on the previous day that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self Employment Income Support Scheme had been extended to 30 September 2021.