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Economic growth and public spending
% change in real terms: 1979/80 to 1989/90
Economic growth (GDP)+23.3
Total government spending+12.9
 Law and order+53.3
 Employment and training+33.3
 NHS+31.8
 Social security+31.8
 Education+13.7
 Defence+9.2
 Environment+7.9
 Transport−5.8
 Trade and industry−38.2
 Housing−67.0
Source: Stewart (2013, Appendix)

References

  • Stewart, Graham (2013). Bang!: A History of Britain in the 1980s. Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1-78239-137-1.