Four ways Labour could raise money in the Budget without hiking income tax
That is the cash buffer the government has to help meet its own fiscal rules and reduce borrowing.
Economists think the buffer might have halved in the last six months from around £24bn to as low as £11bn, in part because of rising interest rates the government has been paying to borrow money from private investors.
The Chancellor, John Healey, might need to raise money to restore it, which would show the government's plan to reduce borrowing by the end of this Parliament is still on track.
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