BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 14:17:00
That's all from westminster. as the leadership contest gets underway, the state of the economy continues to impact lives. new figures show government borrowing rose in september. borrowing — the difference between spending and tax income — was £20bn last month, up £2.2bn from a year earlier — it's the second highest september borrowing since monthly records began in 1993. and retail sales figures experienced a bigger than expected monthly fall, of 1.4%. meanwhile the uk's financial services regulator has estimated that nearly 8 million people are finding their bills "a heavy burden". t...