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Originally Posted by Hugh
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My post was correct. As was pointed out in your link:
The budget deficit skyrocketed to £50 billion in 2009 and £103 billion in 2010. In the subsequent recovery the deficit has steadily declined, down to £1.9 billion in 2018.
What happened after the austerity years is a different matter, and we have had Covid and the Ukraine war since then.