Debt dramas Putting the public finances in context ahead of general election 2024

Primary Author or Creator:
Charlie McCurdy
Additional Author(s) / Creators
,ara Pacitti, James Smith
Publisher:
Resolution Foundation
Alternative Published Date
2024
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Type of Resource:
Briefing Paper
Fast Facts

In recent years, our national preoccupation with fiscal policy has been amplified by an unprecedented peace-time rise in public debt

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The long-term challenges to the public finances mean that, beyond the next parliament, tighter fiscal policy is likely to be required. Our previous work has shown that putting the public finances on a sustainable footing means we are likely to need to run surpluses.43 This puts the onus on parties to locate plans for looser fiscal policy in the next parliament, within a longer-term strategy to put debt on a decisive downward path.

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English