Claim: The government is delivering on the Prime Minister's pledge to reduce debt.
Fact-check: Debt is only projected to begin falling in the latter half of the decade - Full Fact
Verdict: whether or not this is correct depends on how you interpret the pledge the prime minister made this year regarding the national debt. neither underlying debt nor overall debt has fallen in the past year. however both are forecast to begin falling as a percentage of gdp in the latter half of the decade.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-11-24T00:00:00