Budget deficit widens, underscoring Brexit constraints on next finance minister
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LONDON, June 21 (Reuters) - Britain posted a larger-than-expected budget deficit last month as government spending rose, a reminder the next finance minister may have limited options to cushion any Brexit blow to the economy.The budget deficit widened to 5.115 billion pounds, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday, a 23% rise on May 2018 and above all forecasts in a Reuters poll of economists.For the first two months of the 2019/20 financial year, the deficit was 18% larger than a..