Government data, in one place and in plain sight.

What this is

Information about the UK government is mostly public, but it is scattered across dozens of departmental sites, APIs and statistical releases, each with its own format and update schedule. UK Government Tracker gathers the most useful of it into a single, readable place: live announcements, bills moving through Parliament, recent Commons votes, the economy, the NHS, defence, energy, immigration and crime.

The aim is simple. You should be able to see what is actually happening, drawn straight from the source, without having to dig through press releases or wait for someone else to summarise it for you.

Where the data comes from

Everything here is built on official, public sources, including the GOV.UK content and search APIs, the UK Parliament Bills, Votes and Petitions APIs, the Office for National Statistics, NHS England, the Bank of England and published Ministry of Defence statistics. Where a figure has a source, we try to point you to it so you can check it yourself.

Public sector information used on this site is reused under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0.

How the data updates

Different sources publish on different schedules, and the site follows them rather than pretending everything is real-time. Parliamentary feeds - announcements, bills, votes and petitions - refresh within minutes of publication. The electricity generation mix and carbon intensity update every half hour. Economic series update when the ONS, Bank of England and HM Land Registry publish new figures, typically monthly or quarterly. NHS performance data follows NHS England's monthly statistical releases, and defence figures follow MOD publications.

Charts that span decades combine the live feed with the full published historical series, so you always see the latest data point in its long-run context. Every page shows when its content was last reviewed.

Corrections and contact

If a number looks wrong, it might be. Feeds change format, sources revise figures, and a small site does not have a fact-checking desk. If you spot an error, a broken chart or a figure that does not match its source, email hello@ukgovernmenttracker.com and it will be looked at. Corrections are made directly to the affected page.

The same address works for anything else: questions, suggestions for new trackers, or data sources worth adding.

Independence

UK Government Tracker is not affiliated with, funded by or endorsed by the UK government, Parliament, any political party or any government department. It takes no position on the policies it tracks. The goal is to show the numbers and the activity as they are, and to let you draw your own conclusions.

Who builds it

This is a side project built and maintained by a small independent developer, not a newsroom or a large organisation. It is made in the open, in spare time, because the data deserves to be easier to read than it currently is.

The same developer works on a few other things too, including a project in a completely different corner of the internet.