uk public spending. cited to source
£25 trillion across 26 years and 77 government sources. Every figure traced to a publisher document. Replicable to any country with democratic transparency.
“Every figure, traced to the document that published it.”
the problem
Spending is fragmented across 14+ publishers in 7+ formats. The 2023-24 Whole of Government Accounts was disclaimed by the C&AG, the second consecutive year. The official true cost of government is currently audit-unsupported.
the discipline
A 4-stage data path: capture, extract, normalise, validate. 5 validation layers carry the work. No source enters the registry until its extracted total matches publisher disclosure.
the output
A sealed canonical registry. Every source pinned to publisher, canonical URL, scope, format and watchdog status. Every figure citable.