"The Daily Mail's Guy Adams in the City with IG's chief market analyst Chris Beauchamp
Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his Chancellor John Healey face an uphill battle with bonds
It revolves around a simple fact: Britain’s Government is already spending £1,368billion a year (the equivalent of £48,000 per household) yet raising only £1,235billion (£43,000 per household) in tax.
The difference between these two figures, the annual ‘deficit,’ is £133billion."
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