Debt and deficit
Fact checks related to policies of austerity and public and national debt
UK economy; what was the OECD's verdict?
The UK economy grew at 0.3% in the last quarter, this is the slowest growth rate in the EU.
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Young people in record levels of debt?
It’s not clear this is the case looking at the levels of debt of all young people, including those not at university.
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Is the government getting the deficit down?
The deficit has been coming down, but not as rapidly as the Coalition and the Conservatives had said in 2010 and 2015.
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The UK public debt is rising
The deficit is falling and debt is still rising.
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Labour Manifesto: Young people in debt
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch.
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Labour and Conservative records on the national debt
The rise in government debt from 1997 to the present day.
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Interest payments on the national debt
About 5% of government spending goes on interest payments, although this is below the historic average.
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Is the deficit down by two thirds?
Between 2009/10 and 2015/16 public sector net borrowing decreased from 9.9% of GDP to 3.8%, or by around two thirds.
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Will a hard Brexit cost £100 billion?
The most recent figures can’t tell us how much of an impact Brexit has had on the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast for public sector debt.
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Will there be half a trillion pounds of borrowing under Labour?
We've seen claims about Labour's plans for investment spending.
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