Video: Cameron and Miliband clash over borrowing The Leader of the Opposition attacked David Cameron over the government's record on borrowing, saying they had failed to keep to their own forecasts. Because of his failure on long-term unemployment, borrowing, the key test he set himself, is up 25% in the first four months of this years, he's borrowing £9.3 bn more in the first four months of the year this year than last year - that's £1.6 million in the hour of Prime Minister's Question Time. But the Prime Minister countered that Labour's strategy for dealing with the downturn involved increased government borrowing. "He raises the issue of borrowing and this government in the last years has cut the deficit by a quarter, but I have to say to him, if he's concerned about borrowing, why does he have plans to put it up?" said Mr Cameron.