British government borrowing went to a record 128 billion pounds in the first three months of the 2020/21 financial year, when Covid-19 lockdown measures were tightest, more than double the entire previous year’s borrowing
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21st Jun 2026 | Updated at 04:30am 21st Jun 2026
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