Big October deficit puts Hammond's UK budget goal in doubt

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain ran up a much larger budget deficit than expected in October, leaving finance minister Philip Hammond at risk of missing a borrowing target announced last month when he promised voters an easing of austerity.The deficit in October rose to 8.820 billion pounds from 7.235 billion pounds a year earlier, official data showed, marking the biggest October shortfall for three years.A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a reading of 6.15 billion pounds.While tax receipts..