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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Jonathan Prynn and Nicholas Cecil

Government owes £90,000 for every household as borrowing soars

The Government now owes a record £90,000 for every household in the UK after borrowing soared again in March to lift total public debt to more than £2.5 trillion.

Latest official data shows that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was forced to borrow another £21.5 billion in the month — the second highest total on record for March — just to keep the wheels of Government turning.

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