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UK National Debt Video

Jim Riley

16th February 2010

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies said it could be well into the 2030s before the UK returns within Gordon Brown’s rule of national debt never rising above 40% of the country’s GDP, with the Government borrowing £180bn this year.

But where does all this money come from, and who lends it ? Giles Dilnot reports in this short video the answer to this question.

Click here to watch this video.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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