A campaign group has argued that Britain’s national debt may be closer to £12 trillion, rather than the roughly £3 trillion figure reported this week. If accurate, the claim would suggest that official headline debt measures exclude major long-term obligations, raising questions about the scale of public-sector liabilities and future fiscal pressures.

The £12 trillion estimate is four times the reported £3 trillion level and appears to rely on a broader definition of debt. The article presents the figure as analysis by a campaign group, rather than an official revision to the Government’s published national-debt statistics.