Boost for Hammond as government posts smallest September deficit in decade – as it happened

A rise in tax receipts contributed to the lowest government borrowing since 2007, handing the chancellor Philip Hammond a boost before next month’s budgetPound reverses losses on hint of Brexit progress at Brussels summitPolitics live: EU leaders agree to start internal Brexit talks on trade 1.01pm BSTInvestors across Europe remain in an upbeat mood this mood, with the FTSE 100 still in with a chance of a new closing high (7,556.24 is the number to beat). 12.09pm BSTBritain’s manufac