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    Britain injects $91 billion fund to prop up virus-hit economy

    03 Mar 2021

    Britain’s treasury chief on Wednesday announced an additional 65 billion pounds ($91 billion) of support for an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, extending job support programs and temporary tax cuts to help workers and businesses in his

    UK to give $17 billion to new Infrastructure Bank

    27 Feb 2021

    Britain is to launch a new Infrastructure Bank with £12 billion ($17 billion) in capital and £10 billion in government guarantees, the Treasury said on Saturday, aimed at kickstarting the economy.

    Boris Johnson’s popularity boost won’t last long

    07 Mar 2021

    Markets in political commentary overshoot. The trade among hyper-political obsessives has swung from “Keir Starmer had an amazing start as leader of the opposition” to “Labour is doomed”

    Britain to launch world’s first sovereign green savings bonds

    28 Feb 2021

    Britain’s government plans to launch the world’s first sovereign green bonds for retail investors as part of its push to create a net-zero-carbon economy by 2050.

    UK house price growth picks up unexpectedly in February

    02 Mar 2021

    British house price growth picked up unexpectedly last month, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Tuesday, defying expectations of a slowdown as finance minister Rishi Sunak readies new budget measures to boost the market.

    Johnson and Starmer surround themselves with weak teams

    14 Mar 2021

    Reshuffle speculation may seem like a pointless branch of political commentary. It is just gossip, isn’t it? And it is usually wrong. Yet it is the stuff of politics. It matters who is in which job, in government and in opposition.

    UK ‘austerity’ sits in sharp contrast with US bounty

    10 Mar 2021

    The UK Budget was said to be about more emergency spending now, with tax rises and spending cuts to come later: what I called in this column last week an Augustinian Budget. In fact, we have discovered that there were quite a lot of hidden spending cuts

    UK’s Sunak to increase business tax

    21 Feb 2021

    Sunak is expected to announce in his speech on March 3 of increasing corporation tax from 19 pence to 23 pence, according to a report.

    UK public borrowing surges again to record peak on huge outlays

    25 Sep 2020

    British public borrowing surged again in August to a new record high, driven by huge outlays to combat the coronavirus pandemic, with the budget deficit so far this tax year overtaking its full-year peak during the global financial crisis.

    Sunak, leader who goes where most don’t

    27 Sep 2020

    When a politician takes a stand against public opinion it is time to sit up and pay attention. Especially when it is Rishi Sunak, the most popular politician in Britain and the most likely next prime minister

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