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...The S&P Global UK manufacturing purchasing managers’ index rose to a 20-month high of 50.3, up from 47.5 in February and above the earlier estimate of 49.9....
...Public sector spending in the full fiscal year rose by £58.4bn compared with the same period last year as increased spending on public services and benefits outstripped large reductions in interest payments...
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...Additional reporting by Mehul Srivastava, Felicia Schwartz, Rob Rose and Mai Khaled...
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...Meanwhile, mortgage approvals rose in February to a 17-month high, according to separate figures released by the Bank of England this week....
...The probability of the first 0.25 percentage point cut being delivered by June rose from about 50 per cent to 60 per cent, with traders moving to price in three cuts by the end of the year....
...The benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 1.4 per cent after the news, putting it on track to close at a record high....
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