{
  "id": 15907920,
  "title": "Double blow to Healey as inflation rises to 3.5% and monthly deficit hits £24bn",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/double-blow-to-healey-as-inflation-rises-to-3-5-and-monthly-deficit",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:21:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/21/inflation-rises-middle-east-conflict-drives-up-fuel-prices"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Consumer prices rise by more than expected while government’s debt interest payments surge to record high for September Business live – latest updates Inflation surged to 3.5% last month while the government deficit was a worse-than-forecast £24.5bn, in a double dose of bad news for John Healey before next week’s budget. The Office for National Statistics said annual inflation rose from 3.1% in…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}