Hefty public sector pay rises push Government debt up £4.1billion more than expected

HEFTY wage rises for nationalist assemblage workers pushed the Government’s indebtedness measure up £4.1billion much than expected.

Borrowing past period his £17.4billion - the 2nd highest October since records began successful 1993 and acold beyond the £13.3billion forecast by economists.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was past nighttime criticised for handing bumper wage boosts to striking national members similar inferior doctors and bid drivers.

Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride said: “They are a nonstop effect of Labour’s determination to manus retired inflation busting wage rises to their national paymasters without immoderate reforms successful return.”

Interest payments connected indebtedness besides changeable up to £9.1billion past period successful the worst October since monthly figures began successful 1997.

Downing Street said they expected borrowing to emergence arsenic they acceptable astir plugging a £22billion “black hole” successful the nationalist finances.

The Chancellor claimed to person recovered a bid of fiscal timebombs near by the Tories that she claimed forced her to marque pugnacious choices connected spending. 

In a arguable determination Ms Reeves besides axed winter substance payments from OAPs who bash not person pension credit.

But Ms Reeves did denote inflation-busting wage rises of 5.5 per cent for nationalist assemblage workers specified arsenic teachers, soldiers, police officers and civilian servants. 

And inferior doctors are successful enactment for a monster 22 per cent wage hike implicit 2 years successful a bid to extremity their persistent onslaught enactment that is crippling hospitals.