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UK government borrowing in October tops forecasts at £17.4bn

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Borrowing rose to 17.4bn last month , the second highest October figure since records began in 1993 .

City economists had expected a smaller figure, of about 12.3bn for October .

The Office for National Statistics said public sector net borrowing was 1.6bn higher than the same month last year .

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short-lived

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