Tax growth helps cut deficit in September, outlook darker

LONDON (Reuters) - Solid tax growth and flat spending helped cut government borrowing in September, leaving it on track to meet its deficit reduction target half way through the financial year, but a weakening economy means the rest of the year may be tougher.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19730170/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Tax+growth+helps+cut+deficit+in+September%2C+outlook+darker&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F21%2Fuk-britain-borrowing-idUKTRE79K17V20111021%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Tax+growth+helps+cut+deficit+in+September%2C+outlook+darker&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F10%2F21%2Fuk-britain-borrowing-idUKTRE79K17V20111021%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115975249057/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19730170/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/115975249057/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/19730170/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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