Claim: UK public spending is expected to fall to US levels by 2019.
Fact-check: UK public spending down to US levels by 2018/19 - Full Fact
Verdict: as a proportion of gdp, uk spending is forecast to be similar to the us by 2019. the summer 2015 budget in the uk set this in motion.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amelia Ash
Date published: 2015-08-21T00:00:00