Who is lending the British government all this money?

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Who’s taking the government’s IOUs?
Who’s taking the government’s IOUs? Photograph: Andrew Brookes/Getty Images/Image Source

The chancellor has borrowed an unprecedented amount of money. Who is lending it to him, and where did they get it?
Sean Boyle, London

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