UK national debt highest since 1960s after record October borrowing – business live

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Britain’s national debt, as a share of the economy, is at its highest since the early 1960s. October’s borrowing has pushed public sector net debt to around £2,076.8bn, the ONS reports, or around 100.8% of gross domestic product .

 

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EmmaForni1

Chance to be a lot higher if Johnson storms ahead with his Star Wars Apocalypse Now super defence budget....

And what solutions does this rag offer. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY PATHETIC

Doesn’t matter, especially as interest rates are negligible.

Money is just a man made construct used to control the masses. Just keep printing the cash and let’s see what happens. Literally, in for a penny, in for a pound.

MMT

But the red bus said UK would be rolling in extra cash after Brexit? Could it be slogans on buses are not reliable?!

That’ll please the Brexiteers. They love the good old days

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