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2024-05-01 15:59:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: ED16F13FC54239438ACC5B088FC9FB5FD091F10564E4C8CE4B254319F507904C
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NNN. OP references the UK debt level "a decade" after Labour came to power in 1997. The correct comparator year would be 2007. In Jan 2007, UK debt was 34.3% of GDP. https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/timeseries/hf6x/pusf Increase in UK debt after this point were predominantly due to the 2007 global financial crisis. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_financial_crisis
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