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2024-06-15 15:58:39 UTC - HELPFUL
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In 2019/20, the government borrowed £61 billion. Before the pandemic, it was forecast to borrow £55 billion in 2020/21. The government spent £313 billion more in 2020/21 than it raised from receipts. It borrowed to fund the difference. The total borrowed was £374 billion. https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9309/CBP-9309.pdf#page22
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