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By 2007 Labour had reduced public sector borrowing slightly below the level it inherited from the Conservatives. And more of that borrowing was being used to finance investment rather than the day-to-day running costs of the public sector. Labour had also reduced public sector debt below the level it had inherited | {|align="right" cellpadding="10" style="background:lightgray; width:35%; border: 1px solid #aaa; margin:20px; font-size: 92%;" | ||
|''Our debt crisis is ... the result of reckless spending''" | |||
:(Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, 6 October 2009[http://page.politicshome.com/uk/ken_clarkes_speech_to_conservative_conference.html]) | |||
| "''You presided over the biggest economic disaster of our lifetime and we will not let you forget it.''" | |||
:(George Osborne, then Shadow Chancellor, October 13 2008[http://www.conservatives.com/News/Articles/2008/10/The_job_needs_doing_-_but_this_bail-out_is_no_triumph.aspx]) | |||
"'' The complete and utter failure of their economic record has never been more clear to see''" | |||
: (David Cameron, then Leader of the Opposition, 17 October 2008 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7675080.stm]) | |||
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| "''By 2007 Labour had reduced public sector borrowing slightly below the level it inherited from the Conservatives. And more of that borrowing was being used to finance investment rather than the day-to-day running costs of the public sector. Labour had also reduced public sector debt below the level it had inherited''" | |||
:(Institute of Fiscal Studies) | |||
"''Our debt crisis is ... the result of reckless spending''" | |||
:(Kenneth Clarke, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, 6 October 2009[http://page.politicshome.com/uk/ken_clarkes_speech_to_conservative_conference.html]) | |||
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Revision as of 01:47, 2 September 2010
Our debt crisis is ... the result of reckless spending"
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"You presided over the biggest economic disaster of our lifetime and we will not let you forget it."
" The complete and utter failure of their economic record has never been more clear to see"
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"By 2007 Labour had reduced public sector borrowing slightly below the level it inherited from the Conservatives. And more of that borrowing was being used to finance investment rather than the day-to-day running costs of the public sector. Labour had also reduced public sector debt below the level it had inherited"
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