The public finances continue to perform better than expectations, although total borrowing is up year-on-year even before the promised increase in health spending, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Borrowing in the latest full financial year (April 2017 to March 2018) was the lowest for 11 years, making the deficit 1.9% of GDP compared to a peak of 10% in 2009/10.
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