Alistair Darling rethink as gloom deepens and public borrowing surges


	Alistair Darling rethink as gloom deepens and public borrowing surges

JICWyllie

7-19-2008 10:22 AM

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Last time round, the UK had the discovery of North Sea oil to save it. This time, it doesn't.

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Alistair Darling admitted yesterday that the Treasury’s fiscal rules are under
review as fears over rapidly worsening government finances were fuelled by a
surge in borrowing to levels not seen since the end of the Second World War.
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In the latest confirmation that the public finances are sliding into the red
at an alarming pace, net government borrowing over the past quarter, the
first of the new financial year, leapt to £24.7 billion.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article4360447.ece">
Economists said that on present trends total public borrowing for the full
2008-09 financial year could surge to levels as high as £57 billion, and
perhaps more, compared with Mr Darling’s March Budget forecast of £43
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