Charlie Dewhirst on the national debt, 29 October 2026

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The statement

Under this Government, the national debt has surged through the £3 trillion mark for the first time ever.

Charlie Dewhirst, 29 October 2026. Source

What the sources report

Office for National Statistics, series HF6X reports UK public sector net debt: 94.0^src

Notes

Charlie Dewhirst said this in the House of Commons (Budget Resolutions). The figure below is the latest the Office for National Statistics publishes, read from its own data and kept up to date automatically.

Each figure's own page, with every change: UK public sector net debt.

Receipts

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Parliament recordStatement source: Charlie Dewhirst
Archived 2 Nov 2026, 22:30 UTC · receipt · 7a4571b588a19561…
Official statisticsOffice for National Statistics, series HF6X: UK public sector net debt
Archived 2 Nov 2026, 22:30 UTC · receipt · 9e36441224589270…

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