A fact check examines a claim by the Chancellor about UK borrowing after she made remarks in a statement related to the UK’s economic response to the war in Iran. The analysis reported that the level of UK borrowing measured against gross domestic product (GDP) has fallen below 5% multiple times since 2019. The outlets present the check as a verification of whether the claimed pattern holds over the period in question. Rather than focusing on a single point in time, the fact check looks across several years and finds repeated instances where the borrowing-to-GDP figure is under the 5% threshold. The report is framed as correcting the factual accuracy of the Chancellor’s statement, using available data to show that the criterion of “below 5%” is met more than once in the post-2019 period. The sources agree on the central finding that the “below 5% of GDP” condition applies multiple times, undermining any suggestion that it happens only rarely or not at all since 2019.