Austerity Programme

Part of 2. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 14 November 2017.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless Conservative 2:05, 14 November 2017

First Minister, you described your approach to the public finances on 23 April, when you were asked,

'The Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said £500bn more borrowing is in order to give the economy a bit of a boost—you’d go along with that then would you?'

You answered, 'Yes, I would'. Do you still think borrowing £500 billion—10 times the current UK deficit—would be sensible, and how would it be repaid?