{
  "id": 15858159,
  "title": "UK debt pile exceeds £3 trillion one week before Healey’s Budget",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/uk-debt-pile-exceeds-3-trillion-one-week-before-healeys-budget",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-21T06:42:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/uk-debt-pile-exceeds-3-trillion-one-week-before-healeys-budget/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The size of the UK public debt topped £3 trillion in September for the first time in official data released one week before John Healey’s Budget. The major milestone reflects the difficulties facing the Chancellor ahead of his maiden fiscal statement. Public sector debt rapidly climbed over the pas six years, exceeding £2 trillion in June [...]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}