Government posts shock budget surplus for July

Month is traditionally strong for public finances because of self-assessment tax returns

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Chancellor Philip Hammond at Downing Street 
(Image credit: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Philip Hammond received an unexpected boost today with the news that Britain recorded a shock budget surplus for July.

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