<p>The <a href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=805">latest data</a> from the Office for National Statistics <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/20/government-borrowing-hits-record-high-september"> shows Government borrowing up to October 2010</a>. The figures go all the way back to the 1940s. It seems that all the political parties have faced their fair share of debt through the years - as if the economic climate has its own life independent of who is managing it. </p><span class="inline embed embed-media">
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