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UK budget deficit to rise to £300bn this year, OBR says

The mounting cost of government schemes to help Britain through its worst recession in more than three centuries has risen by £20bn in the past two weeks and will result in a budget deficit of nearly £300bn in the current financial year, a report has forecast.

UK budget deficit to rise to £300bn this year, OBR says
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UK budget deficit to rise

Fresh figures from the Office for Budget Responsibility, the independent body responsible for forecasting the public finances, showed that measures such as the Treasury’s furlough scheme will total £123bn, up from £103bn in late April.

Read more at the Guardian

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