Debt and deficit

Economy, Business & Finance

Spring Statement 2025: fact checked

By Full Fact Team • 6 mins

Our round-up looks at claims from the chancellor Rachel Reeves’ statement in the Commons, and the Conservative response. Read

Economy, Business & Finance

This is what we know about the government loan to pay slave owners compensation after slavery was abolished in 1833

By Claire Milne • 4 mins

This amounted to £20 million, or 40% of government spending that year. Read

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

By Full Fact Team • 10 mins

Question Time on 1 November came from Clacton-on-Sea. Topics covered included income tax changes, austerity, early elections, policing priorities, and the impact of the investigation into Arron Banks. Read

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

By Full Fact Team • 11 mins

Question Time on 25 October 2018 came from Barrow-in-Furness. Topics covered included Brexit, austerity, Trident and non-disclosure agreements. Read

Economy, Business & Finance

Economy introductions: the size of government debt

By Full Fact Team • 4 mins

The government owes £1.7 trillion. That’s the size of public sector net debt, or the national debt. It’s different to the government deficit. Read

Economy, Business & Finance

Economy introductions: the size of the government deficit

By Full Fact Team • 2 mins

Everything you need to know about the UK's budget deficit. Read