I've been worrying a little that the BBC News team are currently moving rather quickly to negative takes on Government statistics. Try this...
Alternative headlines are offered later in the piece: "However, the figure was £1.9bn lower than in the same month last year and was the lowest November borrowing for four years. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the fall was mainly due to higher receipts from taxes and National Insurance contributions."
But the writer chose to lead with "Borrowing - the difference between public spending and tax income - was £11.7bn in November, whereas analysts had been expecting about £10bn." Nowhere are these analysts named.
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