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                Debt and deficit: What is the difference?
The terms ‘debt’ and ‘deficit’ are often used by politicians but what do they actually mean?
Norman Smith explains the difference between them and looks at how the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats are planning to tackle them.
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