The Coffee House debt counter - information and sources
4:27pmNational debt: Taken from public sector net debt figures (PSND) in Table C4 of Budget 2009. PSND rising from £609.1 billion on 5 April 2009 to £792 billion a year later.
Family share: Calculated by dividing the national debt figure by the number of households in the UK. Number of households taken as 25.7 million, as per the written answer to a Parliamentary question in March 2009.
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Corsair
April 25th, 2009 8:45pm Report this commentCan we have this as a gadget for people to put on their blogs etc?
Merlin
June 25th, 2009 3:44pm Report this commentIt would be interesting to have another counter including the
liabilities for PFI deals, public sector pensions and bank bailouts
Mark Bicknell
July 22nd, 2009 8:43pm Report this commentAs the government adnits to a National Debt of about £800 billion should not the counter reflect this?
Diana Andre de la Porte
August 3rd, 2009 8:54am Report this commentDear Mary,
For years now my partner and I have enjoyed an idyllic life in Provence. Our house is roomy and pretty and we have a small pool. Friends and family from around the world have visited us, and some have even written notes of thanks.
This year an old school friend and husband who have already visited several times invited themselves for what turns out to be five days. When a second school friend + husband announced they would like to come too I was helpless to refuse. However when they sent me a copy of the 'itinerary' of their 'French Holiday 2009' I was startled to find my 'house' sandwiched between an expensive hotel on the Cote d'Azur and an equally expensive hotel further down the coast. Clearly I am the non-paying B&B.
Should I create a diplomatic illness, tell them I have become a Chambre d'Hote, move out? My partner and I have not had a proper holiday for 3 years and cannot afford to go out to restaurants. We are both pensioners and neither of us is rich. Dear Mary, please advice
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