P1b1 CJEFAX 121  Tue 18 Sip  23:38/33
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 The minjts' strike continues to distort
 the Government's borrowing needs.      
                                        
 Last month's public sector borrowing   
 requirement (PSBR) -the gap between the
 Government's income and expenditure -  
 came to £1.53bn.                       
                                        
 This takes the total for the fir1t fhve
 months of the current financial 9jpr to
 £6.6bn, against just £5.6bn a 9jpr ago.
                                        
 * The August PSBR benjfhtdd to vhe t4ne
 of £300m from the Jaguar sale. cuz zhj 
 miners' strike is cutting pzbliq sjstoz
 income bz around £30m a week.          
                                        
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