{"id":687011,"date":"2026-05-22T09:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/687011\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:22:09","slug":"uk-borrowed-bigger-than-forecast-24-3bn-in-april-as-inflation-adds-to-benefits-bill-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/687011\/","title":{"rendered":"UK borrowed bigger than forecast \u00a324.3bn in April as inflation adds to benefits bill &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNRzhIa1RtRHA5bmVUYVp4bXVfb29hVHNRVVpxNFE3bk1kSXYzX3lrWHY4S1ZZWFl4bXpmMXFYVVhUTnZSVlpJTExBT2pVLVNuSVJPeTM0dlpPWlZlOWtKcG1CQWZEQVBYaU1pejVETF81dUNWQi04cllOYnNpeG03alVaWU9Fa0lxTHF4SG1lQkVGbnc2LVBUN091bi1QZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK borrowed bigger than forecast \u00a324.3bn in April as inflation adds to benefits bill<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNUlFRd0FYVDVVNzk5ZHJMMl9ZcmNDWlBEWE5SVm1mejlfaEJ6SUpCczdLR3RuYVJKOGFSV3Zzc05OeWp5NXBvLW5uZS1STk53OERueXJQYkY1VXdWRDc0OVdGVDRBTl9WdnpNR09HWDJsT0VBbFFISUtqZUtyMjVjbkdJSTZIN1RmZEhpTER5THB5UVJLMm1IdHJodzRGUlAwOVpacDdjdEd6dWhleFlKWmRPQnI4bzdVUEE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK borrowing hits higher than expected \u00a324.3bn in April; retail sales drop as drivers cut back on fuel &#8211; business live<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTE0taGhuZG5GcFY2MEd3UFNOcnVTc05jUjM1Uk8yUlJPUEo4eFI4SjFHSzdGdEpCa0t1Q0V6bGNqSDJYNkk2RHBlSHdNNHRZT094bVp3LUNnQUhKd1Yx?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government borrowing higher than expected in April<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxNNHlBQ1FkQkJMX1FDT2JRRmYwOUowX0trOVVBTW03UWhocV9hZWgzLU96YzMxUXhhRWo0SW42TlZZS1kzN19vRDA0aWdSdE9ibGQxb1VxRXVFc2g3alM0M3llZlpFQnlTTENBOVFiS0dhamx3eThqeUdVN19jbXBXRFV2dEhmSHhUTEFFTE4wYw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK borrowing surges by more than expected in latest blow to Chancellor<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNVWtjT0VNUkZYMUFxSVBRbzQ2dlNaS2Z0SlhyYjRIOWFZblI2WTRQTkpyeUpsQy1tUjlMUTF3SUM3M2NOMUpwWVEzV2tZblh6LWhLZEYyNnJmQUxYRkVfN0xoRjdObXU2aW9YdmhwNTMzWnduM0YtalJHengyaHRpV3lBVEc0NFZ5Q013WVNBRURUOVppeGFORVhPd2dQQVp0U0FmMXF2UVZqV0U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Treasury borrowing soars after record interest payments \u2013 latest updates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK borrowed bigger than forecast \u00a324.3bn in April as inflation adds to benefits bill&nbsp;&nbsp;The GuardianUK borrowing hits higher&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":["post-687011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}