Technically the budget deficit is the extra debt being created so if the budget deficit is 5% of GDP it means it is growing at 5%.
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Technically the budget deficit is the extra debt being created so if the budget deficit is 5% of GDP it means it is growing at 5%.
Roughly speaking that is the case because the UK's GDP is around £2 trillion. It doubles in a little over 14 years at this rate.