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  "A positive balance is a deficit: the public sector spent more in the area than it raised there; a minus is a surplus. North Sea oil and gas revenue is shared by where the oil and gas is, as the ONS's geographic share does. The UK's balance is public sector net borrowing on these definitions.",
  "Each balance is a difference of rounded figures, so the regions add up to England within a few £ million. The chart leaves England and the UK to the table, since they would dwarf every region."
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