Despite the overshoot in May, public borrowing was £2.9bn below the Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast in the first two months of the fiscal year. That said, the OBR may still revise up its borrowing forecasts in the Autumn Budget. That and already-tight spending plans mean tax hikes later this year appear increasingly likely.
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