LONDON (AP) — Britain borrowed 17.9 billion pounds ($27.9 billion) in May, official figures showed Tuesday — a much higher figure than the market expected and likely to raise questions about whether the government can achieve its full-year target.

The market consensus had been that borrowing would be 14 billion pounds.

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