UK pledges £30bn in stimulus to fight coronavirus chaos
The NHS will get a £5bn emergency response fund immediately and there will be statutory sick pay for everyone that has to self-isolate
11 March 2020 - 17:20
London — UK finance minister Rishi Sunak has pledged a £30bn stimulus package as he seeks to prepare the British economy to fight the potentially devastating effect of coronavirus.
After the Bank of England (BOE) made an emergency interest-rate cut on Wednesday morning, Sunak began the government’s co-ordinated response, as policymakers seek to tackle the greatest threat to the world economy for more than a decade...
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