Main content
Debt, deficit and UK economic figures
Former Prime Minister David Cameron and his former Chancellor George Osborne hailed the news that the UK had finally eliminated its deficit on day-to-day spending.
Austerity, they tweeted, was "the right thing to do". But what about the debt?
Daily Politics reporter Ellie Price explains some of the key statistics when looking at the state of the nation's finances.
Duration:
This clip is from
More clips from 13/03/2018
-
McDonnell: Hammond cut off from real world
Duration: 11:06
-
Chancellor unveils first Spring Statement
Duration: 25:58
-
Has austerity been worth it?
Duration: 02:40
More clips from Daily Politics
-
Bone and Pound get mood box views—24/07/2018
Duration: 03:14
-
Goodbye to the Daily Politics after 15 years—24/07/2018
Duration: 10:18
-
New political party and splits in existing ones?—23/07/2018
Duration: 02:58
-
What is Labour doing about anti-Semitism?—23/07/2018
Duration: 02:21