Get ready for the £50BILLION post-pandemic spending splurge

Get ready for the £50BILLION post-pandemic spending splurge: Britons put holidays and eating at at top of list as they plan to blow their lockdown savings Survey revealed foreign holidays will be most popular post-pandemic purchase  Study found 46 per cent of households increased their savings this past year £50billion of extra £192billion in savings is … Read more

Get ready for the £50BILLION post-pandemic spending splurge

Get ready for the £50BILLION post-pandemic spending splurge: Britons put holidays and eating at at top of list as they plan to blow their lockdown savings Survey revealed foreign holidays will be most popular post-pandemic purchase  Study found 46 per cent of households increased their savings this past year £50billion of extra £192billion in savings is … Read more

New lockdown could send Rishi Sunak’s furlough scheme soaring through £50billion barrier

New lockdown could send Rishi Sunak’s furlough scheme soaring through £50billion barrier as union calls for parents to be paid to stay at home with their children while schools are closed The job retention scheme (JRS) reached £46.4billion before Christmas  There was a sharp upturn in payouts following November lockdown Likely to reignite the row … Read more

MPs slam Bank of England for losing track of £50BILLION of banknotes

The Bank of England should investigate where around £50billion of ‘missing’ banknotes is ‘stashed’, a committee monitoring the effectiveness of public spending has said. The Public Accounts Committee said the Bank needs to ‘get a better handle on the national currency it controls’. It said authorities have been behind the curve in ensuring access to … Read more