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Government borrowing higher than expected in April

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Borrowing - the difference between spending and tax income - was 20.2bn , up 1bn from April last year .

It was the fourth -highest April borrowing figure since monthly records began in 1993 .

Tax receipts were more than 5bn higher, in part due to increases in National Insurance contributions.

But government expenditure also rose, largely due to pay rises and inflation.

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English

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