This week we found out that during the first six months of the 2025/26 financial year the Government has borrowed £99.8bn.
According to the ONS, this was the second-highest total for that period since monthly records began in 1993, after that of 2020.
It is also £7.2bn more than the amount the OBR had predicted.
You can find out more here: Highest government borrowing in September for five years - BBC News
To meet her financial rules, economists are predicting that Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, will have to raise between £25bn - £40bn in the Budget on 26th November.
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