Oh are we really PM Brown...

[MaxReheat]

'I actually WORKED for Ted Heath,Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan....'

Did you really, proone............misplaced loyalty, I would suggest!

[spheroid]

Average household debt in the UK is ~ £9,600 (excluding mortgages). This figure increases to £21,875 if the average is based on the number of households who actually have some form of unsecured loan.
Average household debt in the UK is ~ £59,670 (including mortgages)

Thank fully us in the Armed Forces get paid a heap and won't have the problem of debt

[BEagle]

What would the average debt without mortgages and car finance?

People need somewhere to live and most need some form of personal transport, given the crap state of greed-driven privatised public transport in this country.

But the £trillions owed by people living beyond their means and too stupid to realise it?

[Biggus]

I have a £22,000 car loan (an unsecured loan) and a mortgage of over £100,000. So I owe more than the national average. Then again my wage is probably more than the national average.

Does that mean I am living beyond my means?

Now if you looked at my earnings to debt ratio, that might be a more useful indicator of whether or not I am living within my means...