Much of the borrowing, which amounted to 11.6% ofGDP in 2009-10, will melt away as the temporaryfiscalstimulus is withdrawn, the effects of the financialcrisis fade and the economyrecovers.
Interviewed on the Today programme, Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman confirmed that under the party's economic plans there would have to be a temporary rise in borrowing to fund a cut in VAT.