figures from the ons. they show that borrowing, which is the difference between tax income and spending, was £20.5 billion. joining me with more on this is our business correspondent alice baxter. take through this data and what is your analysis?— take through this data and what is your analysis? good morning. i was listenin: your analysis? good morning. i was listening with _ your analysis? good morning. i was listening with great _ your analysis? good morning. i was listening with great interest - your analysis? good morning. i was listening with great interest to - listening with great interest to your gusts earlier talking you through some of the issues affecting economies all around the world at the moment, rising energy costs, issues with supply chains and today in the uk we got another piece of the economicjigsaw with the office of national statistics releasing its official monthly borrowing costs. as you say, they came in £5.5 billion below the number we got for august last year when we were in extraordinary times, the government propping up all sorts of financial covid related schemes. that number