Brian Fallow: Asset sale arguments on wobbly ground
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Borrowing soars as deficit tops $15b
The amount the Government has to borrow each week has jumped from $250 million a week to $300 million a week.
Borrowing soars as deficit tops $15 billion
English confident of return to surplus, but spending limits will have to stay.