New figures from the Office for National Statistics show the government borrowed £17.4 billion last month to pay for heightened spending. £4 billion more than forecast and the second highest October figure since records started in 1993…
The ONS says pay rises – of which Reeves handed out £9.4 billion – and inflation caused government spending to shoot up. Borrowing in the financial year so far is £1.1 billion higher than last year, at £96.6 billion. It’s only predicted to get bigger…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”