Claim: The Coalition's original debt target has been met.
Fact-check: Why is net debt falling as a share of GDP? - Full Fact
Verdict: it has, but the ifs says this is "not a genuine reduction in government indebtedness". the fall in 2015/16 is only because the government is selling assts.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sam Ashworth-Hayes
Date published: 2015-03-20T00:00:00