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Rishi Sunak unveils mini-Budget to avert coronavirus meltdown

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Rishi Sunak will set out another massive package to bail out the stricken UK economy and stop millions of people being made unemployed today. In another pivotal moment in the coronavirus crisis, the Chancellor is set to axe stamp duty on most homes to boost the flagging housing market and get construction firing again. There will … Read more

Boris Johnson vows Roosevelt-style ‘New Deal’ to avert Great Depression

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Boris Johnson today warned that the UK must ‘work fast’ on a Roosevelt-style ‘New Deal’ to stop coronavirus plunging the UK into a Great Depression. In a rallying cry to the British people, the PM said he would turn on the spending taps and ‘build, build, build’ to kickstart the economy. Defying mounting fears about spiralling … Read more