Claim: The government has 'cut the deficit in half'.
Fact-check: Factcheck: Has the budget deficit been halved? - Full Fact
Verdict: the deficit as a percentage of gdp this year is forecast to be half its 2009/10 value, but this is not the case for the absolute value of the deficit.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sam Ashworth-Hayes
Date published: 2014-12-16T00:00:00