[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Hugh

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https://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/u...ficit_analysis



The deficit as % of GDP was reducing until the gambling banks decision to blow up the World’s economies…

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.