Figures could improve chances of tax cuts, but inflation drives up cost of government debt
Rishi Sunak has been handed a boost from figures showing lower government borrowing than official estimates on the eve of the spring statement.Thesaid borrowing over the first 11 months of the financial year 2021-22 was £138.4bn, less than half the sum borrowed a year earlier and almost £26bn less than estimated by the Office for Budget Responsibility in October.
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