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The government borrowed its highest amount of any February to fund support for energy bills.
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A snapshot of the public finances, with the numbers for February revealing that the amount of borrowing is a record for the month, largely driven by the Energy Price Guarantee, where extra spending was thought to be £9.3bn higher than the previous year.
The £16.7bn borrowed includes a large chunk of debt interest, although falling inflation means that these costs have fallen to £6.9bn, £1.3bn lower than the previous year.
There's also good news regarding tax receipts, with the BBC reporting that "the ONS said £5bn was raised through the new windfall tax on UK energy company profits. Tax income overall was also £5bn higher than a year ago at £77.8bn."