Chancellor Rachel Reeves‘s financial headache has been inflamed by a surprise jump in borrowing in December, which leapt to a four-year high of nearly £18 billion. The Office for National Statistics ...

Britain ran a bigger-than-expected budget deficit in December, swelled by debt interest costs and a one-off purchase of ...

Government borrowing hit £17.8 billion in December, surpassing forecasts by £3.2 billion intensifying the debate over the ...