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Figure for January helps bring fiscal year-to-date borrowing numbers below previous forecasts as Budget looms
New fiscal forecasts show chancellor has dwindling room for manoeuvre
Chancellor’s attempts to revitalise investment in British companies via UK savings account face growing scepticism
Chancellor examines new curbs on Whitehall budgets as his fiscal headroom is hit by higher borrowing costs
Party risks being forced to embrace current trajectory of brutal spending cuts if it wins the election, experts warn
Chancellor tries to reset expectations ahead of key economic forecasts from BoE
Chancellor urged to curb borrowing and boost spending in key areas rather than offer Budget giveaway
Headroom of £14bn considerably lower than that forecast by independent analysts
OBR says £13bn of budgetary headroom is exposed to changing economic assumptions as chancellor plots tax cuts
Figure of £7.8bn marks boost for chancellor’s efforts to find room for giveaways ahead of election
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s fiscal ‘headroom’ could rise by £6bn-£10bn, economists estimate
Lower UK borrowing costs are set to provide the chancellor with more options at March Budget, economists say
Fiscal event seen by Downing Street as a crucial milestone in the run-up to UK general election
UK chancellor commits to lift spending to previous levels when it becomes fiscally possible
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