Debt costs push UK borrowing higher than expected

The UK authorities borrowed much than expected past month, with ostentation pushing up involvement payments connected indebtedness partially to blame.

Borrowing, the quality betwixt spending and taxation income, reached £25.6bn successful April, £11.9bn much than for the aforesaid period past year.

The costs of vigor enactment schemes and increases successful payment payments were besides down the increase.

It was second-highest borrowing fig for April since records began successful 1993.

It comes the time earlier the merchandise of monthly ostentation figures which the authorities hopes volition autumn beneath 10% for the archetypal clip since past July.