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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Simon English

Boost for Reeves as government borrowing drops – but Iran war means worse is to come

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been given a rare dose of good news after official figures showed borrowing fell in the first full year of the Labour government.

In the year to March, the government ran a deficit of £132bn – that’s the gap between what it spends and what it collected in tax.

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