General · 17 May 2026
Britain's 7 PMs: A decade of debt and stalled decisions
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People across Britain have faced years of weak growth, rising debt and slow government decisions as political instability deepened. Over the past decade, the country has gone through seven national leaders while Brexit, Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine added pressure to public services and policy making. Officials were also described as increasingly cautious, with complicated rules slowing delivery of major plans.
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