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Debt Figures: The mess left by Liz Truss and the Govt

Responding to new ONS figures showing the scale of UK government borrowing, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said: 

“Today’s figures highlight the mess caused by this Conservative Government and Liz Truss' infamous mini-budget, which sent the UK’s borrowing costs soaring.

“It is scandalous that this Government has refused to put a proper windfall tax in place. The Conservative party would rather saddle households with higher national debt than touch the energy giants’ sky-high profits.

“More and more people across the country are being hit with unfair tax rises to pay for the Government’s incompetence – it’s high time big energy producing companies paid their fair share.”

ENDS 

Notes to Editor:

Figures can be found here.