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Brown insists this is time to borrow while Britain's debt is 'low'

Analysis: Figures were being bandied about like confetti yesterday as Gordon Brown sought to justify his Keynesian policy of �borrow and spend� in an economic downturn while David Cameron upbraided the UK Government for its financial profligacy.

Figures were being bandied about like confetti yesterday as Gordon Brown sought to justify his Keynesian policy of "borrow and spend" in an economic downturn while David Cameron upbraided the UK Government for its financial profligacy.