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How big is £3tn really?
To put £3tn into perspective, it's roughly 100% of the UK's entire annual economic output. It's a sum so vast that if you spent £1 million every day, it would take you over 8,000 years to spend £3 trillion. This makes the UK one of the most indebted major economies.
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