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RUTH SUNDERLAND: The human cost of national debt

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The human cost of national debt

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Our national finances might be in better shape than Italy’s, but with our national debt at more than £2trillion we can’t afford to be complacentChancellor Rishi Sunak does not have a bottomless well on which to drawJames Callaghan’s Labour government was forced to borrow $3.9billion from the IMF to stabilise the pound in 1976 when Britain nearly went brokeBy Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 17:50 EDT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 03:54 EDT, 26 October 2020

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