Britain’s debt crisis has got worse since the financial crash, with liabilities now equivalent to £47,000 per household, auditors have reported.
In what will be seen as a blow to the Treasury – and councils - ahead of chancellor Phillip Hammond’s forthcoming Budget, the National Audit Office today laid bare the harsh reality of seven years of public sector austerity – that it has had little effect on the UK’s debt crisis.
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