SHARE Britain’s borrowing hit £303.1 billion ($420.14bn) in March, after emergency pandemic support measures sent the annual figure to the highest level since the end of the Second World War. The surge in public sector debt over the financial year, which ended last month, was £246bn higher than in the previous 12 months, with borrowing at 14.5 per cent of economic output, the highest ratio since 1946 when the figure was 15.2 per cent, according to the Office for National Statistics. Read More Borrowing in March alone hit £28bn, a record high for that month, with the overall numbers reflecting the sharp rise in public sector spending and tax cuts as UK finance minister Rishi Sunak tried to offset the economic hit from the Covid-19 crisis.