Claim: By 2020 the government will have borrowed more than all Labour governments put together.
Fact-check: Government borrowing - Full Fact
Verdict: that's true if you add up borrowing under labour governments since 1945, whether or not you adjust for inflation. but it isn't a fair comparison because the uk economy and the government have both got bigger.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2017-03-01T00:00:00