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Originally Posted by Dave42
and who Coursed the debt the bankers and who never got punished the bankers and who did get punished the poorest
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If that is the case, why did debt start rising in 2001/02? Did the banking crisis start back then?
Labour increased the debt from £316bn in 2000/01 to £1,101bn in 2010/11.
That's a trebling of debt.
Public sector borrowing was slightly less in 2013/14(98.5bn) than in 2008/09(100.8bn).
As the table I found says:-
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Note: (a) borrowing & debt figures exclude public sector banks
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