IBTimes.co.uk Royal Mail share sale will not help UK to hit budget target – ONSReuters UKLONDON (Reuters) – The British government's sale of 2 billion pounds ($3.22 billion) of shares in Royal Mail last month will not count towards a key budget deficit reduction target, the country's statistics agency ruled …
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