Britain's public borrowing in June hits second-high on record: ONS

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-07-22

LONDON, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Public borrowing in the United Kingdom (UK) stood at 20.7 billion British pounds (about 27.74 billion U.S. dollars) in June, marking the second-highest level for the month since records began in 1993, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Tuesday. The borrowing, the difference between spending and tax income, surged 6.6 billion pounds year-on-year and was 3.5 billion pounds more than the March pr......

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