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Evening Standard
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David Bond

Energy support leads to jump in UK borrowing

Economists warned on Tuesday the UK’s public finances are set to get worse after new official figures showed the country’s borrowing hit £13.5 billion in October.

Although the borrowing numbers were better than the City had expected, it was £4.4bn more than the same period last year and the fourth highest October figure on record.

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