{"id":661494,"date":"2026-10-21T23:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661494\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T23:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:52:21","slug":"faisal-islam-inflation-and-borrowing-figures-illustrate-chancellors-budget-challenge-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661494\/","title":{"rendered":"Faisal Islam: Inflation and borrowing figures illustrate chancellor&#039;s Budget challenge &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTFBvN1hwR3Y3LTg3bDJlY0Z4TGg2OXRybnM0QVBGZGRtMWZLV0VmTFpyUjRzSUdyUFJrN2ViZk5ZTy1mY2VxeXZST09MNTdvSmlmQlF1cTNBWV9Ua2M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Faisal Islam: Inflation and borrowing figures illustrate chancellor&#8217;s Budget challenge<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxPelBkbXFnOWJjelk0OHZtdmJKRnQ2aW1pTll0VUZ4YjJoTXFTUWFNWWNEU2dwVmY2R1hDQ1BIc1ZiVmtWWUtmTmhNSWc4akpSNFBtLVI4NlQxOTkybGc2SldmbnVTUHV6V29oRzdhMUR0S3pwYTJFbmhVc3NvYWR4UDZxVHp0VW16VWVfWldvTENtZXVLczVwV0Y2VEpCWjFBOWlJeDNoWFJERUdWVV9EcjRwck9HdkRmZWNzR0JlWnNrb0hsb3U1LXQxYUllUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Total UK government debt hits \u00a33tn for first time while inflation jumps to highest in nearly a year \u2013 as it happened<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPb3E3ekRxYVhHRDdaT2JFQzZ3QXJFcU4yOW1XMnpMaU1CMkFaNXFPRnJScnMwTURVT3o1bEUwU0dVSXhhM2J6dWxETzRqODUzSG1IV0E4OWZlZ0hvaWlvWlVmUklUVDNtVHhlVE5FN0ZvY25jd00zWmNMRmNBdFk4anNwLWU3Z3M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Britain\u2019s national debt tops \u00a33tn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNOXZKalZDSmdoYmVBRXFWY2NHYjE1QjF3U1N1ZE9KdkN0OGJBR0hpZElYbVVISGs0aElrbnQ3T3JpZ2t2Ti10WDBaZlA0UENPa1BuRklWSW1QLUUtWm1TV083NE0tbllMQU1jdEt5NzBBQ1hGVWtUWDJjZnl1UXN4aktWMXR3eG9lMGZpTnBkZ2FOOTlRdGtUSVpFRXJYYWZLcFQ5aVM5Qkp5MjA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Double blow to Healey as inflation rises to 3.5% and monthly deficit hits \u00a324bn<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNMjI2ZGU5eGdpNE42RUVkZDA3cmhiTXpmVnA1MzhfR19LRFVWbnpjVGxZN3JRV3oyZGg0RjdnTExBejZacEtONUlHSVBUS0MydUdQRl9CWnVzZ05rcWJ0RjJ6cmx4UzlPTHp0Z0NhZXA0MGlTVU9UTHBqRlRxR0ZDVUZwZkdJanJ2Z1BrSGRxdmVhbEtnOXJjWnF2bDRqdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK government borrowing rises to \u00a324.5bn as John Healey prepares for budget<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Faisal Islam: Inflation and borrowing figures illustrate chancellor&#8217;s Budget challenge&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCTotal UK government debt hits \u00a33tn for first time&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60],"class_list":["post-661494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}