UK debt is now expected to peak at 90% in 2017-18 compared to the forecast of 70% in 2013-14 that was predicted in 2010. This graph shows how the forecasts of UK government debt have just kept on rising since the establishment of the OBR.

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2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
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2017-18
2018-19
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2020-21
Publicsectornetdebt(%ofGDP)
UK public sector debt forecasts 2010-16
2010 June emergency budget
2010 November autumn statement
2011 March budget
2011 November autumn statement
2012 March budget
2012 December autumn statement
2013 March budget
2013 December autumn statement
2014 March budget
2014 Autumn Statement
2015 March budget
2015 Summer budget old series
2015 Summer budget new series
2015 Autumn statement
2016 March budget
2016 Autumn statement
Source: OBR