David Cameron has been rapped for a second time by the statistics - TopicsExpress



          

David Cameron has been rapped for a second time by the statistics watchdog for making a dodgy economic claim. The PM told the Tory party conference this week that Britain had been “paying down its debts.” But the boss of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Andrew Dilnot, pointed out that, while the deficit has fallen since the coalition came to power in 2010, debt has risen. And he noted he had already rebuked Mr Cameron for making the same claim in a party political broadcast in 2013. In a letter to shadow Treasury spokesman Chris Leslie MP, Sir Andrew said debt had risen from £997.4 billion at the end of June 2010 to £1,432.3 billion at the end of August 2014. [AA] mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-criticised-dodgy-debt-4374387#ixzz3FP2xcp1r Follow us: @DailyMirror on Twitter | DailyMirror on Facebook mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-cameron-criticised-dodgy-debt-4374387
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:33:46 +0000

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