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Fact Check: did Labour overspend and leave a deficit that was out of control?

  • Written by: The Conversation
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No I don’t [accept that Labour overspent when it was last in power] … There was a global financial crisis which caused the deficit to rise. President Obama isn’t dealing with a high deficit because we built more schools and hospitals. He’s dealing with a high deficit because there was...

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