The chancellor has received mixed news on the economy the day before the autumn statement, with official figures showing record borrowing last month and higher interest payments offset by better-than-expected tax revenues.
Borrowing in October was £14.9bn pushed up by benefit payments, the second highest October borrowing since monthly records began in 1993 – only beaten by October 2020 during the pandemic.
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