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  • UK government borrowing fell in April as easing virus curbs buoyed economic activity, but remains elevated owing to emergency Covid support, official data showed Tuesday. Public sector net borrowing slid to £31.7 billion ($45 billion, 37 billion euros) last month, the Office for National Statistics said. However, borrowing still stood at the second highest ever level for the month. And it compared with a record £47.3 billion in April 2020 when at the height of the Covid crisis. "The public finances started fiscal year 2021/22 with a large shortfall in April as the economy continued to receive... support," noted financial services giant EY in a note. "However, the deficit was well below the record level seen in April 2020 when the double-digit economic contraction had a significant impact on (tax) receipts." The ONS revised down slightly its estimate for last year's total deficit. Borrowing still ballooned to a record £300.3 billion in the year to March, the highest level since World War II. The public purse has been slammed in particular by a furlough scheme which has paid the bulk of private sector wages for millions of workers across the UK during the pandemic. Total government debt meanwhile stood at £2.17 trillion at the end of last month, the ONS added Tuesday. That represented 98.5 percent of Britain's gross domestic product, the highest proportion since March 1962. rfj/bcp/lth
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  • UK borrowing dips on easing Covid curbs
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