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UK Public Finances (Feb. 2024)

February’s disappointing public finances figures suggest that the OBR’s new 2023/24 borrowing forecast published in March’s Budget already looks too optimistic. But this may not prevent the government from squeezing in another pre-election tax-cutting fiscal event later this year.

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