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Gora Suri, economist at accountancy firm PwC, said August's public finance figures highlighted the "challenging" position facing the government ahead of the Budget on 30 October.

Churches, even Poland’s holiest Jasna Gora shrine in Czestochowa, have held prayers in recent weeks for candidates who support Christian values.

The party faced criticism after its powerful leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, slammed the political opposition in a bitter speech at Jasna Gora in July.

Law and Justice leaders have joined the pilgrims flocking to Jasna Gora monastery to pay respects to its “Black Madonna” icon, sometimes using the trips to make political addresses.

“Do we want news headlines to be warning us soon about drug gangs, or about another shooting in Bialystok, Siedlce, Krosno, Sanok, Kolobrzeg, Jelenia Gora or Warsaw?!”