The UK government borrowing remained below the forecast of the Office for Budget Responsibility in the financial year-to-date period, data released by the Office for National Statistics showed on Tuesday.
In the financial year to December, the budget deficit was GBP 146.8 billion, which was the second-highest financial year-to-December borrowing since monthly records began in 1993.
However, this was GBP 129.3 billion less than in the same period a year earlier and GBP 12.9 billion less than the official Office for Budget Responsibility forecast.
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