UK government debt prediction

From the Bank for International Settlements - http://www.bis.org/publ/work300.pdf?noframes=1

1970-2040 (x-axis), debt as a % of GDP (y-axis)

UK public and private debt

UK public and private debt substantially deteriorated since 2000

data from

http://www.mckinsey.com/locations/swiss/news_publications/pdf/MGI_debt_deleveraging_briefing_note.pdf

UK house prices

UK house prices since 1975 from here

Higher line is inflation adjusted, lower line is unadjusted

"I will not allow house prices to get out of control and put at risk the sustainability of the recovery." - Gordon Brown's 1997 Budget Statement

Historic FTSE-100 data

The FTSE-100 was born on 3rd January 1984 and represents a share index of the 100 most highly capitalised UK companies listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The data comes from here

Lines are best fits.

"Under this Government, Britain will not return to the boom and bust of the past."
Pre-Budget Report, 9th November 1999, Gordon Brown.