I might very well be wrong! The orb thinks 8.4% this year, totalling 111 billion. But I can also find articles that seem to say the government spent 16.4 billi

I might very well be wrong! The orb thinks 8.4% this year, totalling 111 billion. But I can also find articles that seem to say the government spent 16.4 billion just in June - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2rky498wo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2rky498wo Either way, listening the Today program a few times a week from overseas has possibly warped my view! Perhaps the constraint is more to do with currency fluctuations and gilt yield rises when it looks like they’re wanting to borrow more. (Edit - the OBR! Not “The Orb”, though frankly if the orb would like to hold forth on the economy I’d probably listen to them over most commentators…)