Claim: Future governments are required to run a budget surplus when the economy is doing well.
Fact-check: Paying off the debt, one law at a time - Full Fact
Verdict: these kinds of rules can always be repealed by a future government, and they can be broken without any particular legal consequences.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2015-07-20T00:00:00