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  "id": 17959499,
  "title": "Britain's surging debt interest bill drives living standards 'catastrophe' as taxpayers pick up the tab, MPs told",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/britains-surging-debt-interest-bill-drives-living-standards",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-03T12:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16261945/Britains-surging-debt-bill-drives-living-standards-catastrophe-taxpayers-pick-tab-MPs-told.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Britain's surging debt interest bill has helped drive a 'catastrophic' squeeze on living standards as the burden is piled onto taxpayers, the head of a leading think-tank has warned.",
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  "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."
}