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The longest period of uninterrupted
The longest period of uninterrupted economic growth in modern
times has enabled the Government to deliver the longest period of sustained
investment in public services for a generation. Social security
bills for unemployment have been halved since 1997, saving £5 billion
a year, and we are also saving £4 billion a year on debt interest payments.
Over the ten-year period 1997-98 to 2007-08, real-terms
investment per year in education will have risen by 4.8 per cent and in
health by 6.5 per cent.