LONDON - British public-sector net borrowing, excluding state-controlled banks, totalled 22.017 billion pounds ($26.76 billion) in November, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed on Wednesday.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast borrowing of 13.0 billion pounds for the month.

($1 = 0.8227 pounds)

(Reporting by David Milliken; editing by James Davey)