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Government borrowing for September third highest on record

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UK borrowing for September third highest on record since records began in January 1993 .

Official figures show that borrowing - the difference between spending and tax revenue - reached 16.6bn last month .

The Office for National Statistics said the figure was 2.1bn more than September last year .

This is the last official set of public finance figures until the Budget next week .

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English

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