Government borrowing hits highest August level for five years

Government borrowing hits highest August level for five years

Charlotte Edwards Business reporter Getty Images UK government borrowing in August hit the highest level for the month in five years, latest figures show, adding to the pressure on the chancellor ahead of the Budget. Borrowing – the difference between public spending and tax income – was £18bn in August, the Office for National Statistics

David Gandy: ‘Female models were rightly paid more than us. I wanted to even things up’

Model David Gandy: I guard my private life – no one knows what my kids look like BBC David Gandy laments that “we’re now seeing campaigns… where the model doesn’t exist at all” David Gandy is relaxed. The Essex-born supermodel is sitting in his light-filled kitchen, sipping a glass of water and reflecting on his

‘Whether rich or poor, it was the longest of nights’: How a 2003 blackout brought New York City to a standstill

Getty Images On 14 August 2003, 22 years ago this week, the electricity cut out for more than 50 million people in the US and Canada, as North America experienced a massive power cut. The BBC was in New York City when the lights went out. On a sweltering summer afternoon in 2003, a colossal

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