London, Sept 20, 2024 (AFP) - UK economic data delivers fresh blow to new govt

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UK state debt is as big as the country's economic output for the first time since the 1960s, data showed Friday, as the new government warns of tough fiscal decisions before its maiden budget. Public sector net debt "was provisionally estimated at 100 percent of gross domestic product at the end of August", the Office for National Statistics said in a release. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose Labour party was elected in early July, has warned B......

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