Chancellor Rishi Sunak makes £5billion pledge to pubs and high street shops to ‘get the tills ringing once again’ High streets and pubs to be thrown a lifeline in Rishi Sunak’s Budget on March 3 Chancellor says firms, shops, pubs cafes and restaurants will ‘open doors again’ Comes amid warning about the scale of economic damage … Read more
Britain’s public finances will face ‘enormous strains’ in the wake of the third national lockdown, the Chancellor has warned. Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget announcement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said a bill for the Government’s £280bn investment in coronavirus support will eventually have to be paid, with low interest rates leaving the nation’s finances ‘exposed’. Mr Sunak … Read more
Britain’s public finances will face ‘enormous strains’ in the wake of the third national lockdown, the Chancellor has warned. Ahead of Wednesday’s Budget announcement, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said a bill for the Government’s £280bn investment in coronavirus support will eventually have to be paid, with low interest rates leaving the nation’s finances ‘exposed’. Mr Sunak … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: The country cannot go on borrowing unchecked forever, but now is not the time to slam on the brakes, so Chancellor must hold his fire By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:58 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 19 February 2021 The latest data for public borrowing tells us … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Chancellor Rishi Sunak has a chance to put some oomph behind coronavirus recovery: he should go for it By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 12 February 2021 The major advanced economies have each gone about combating fallout from the pandemic in different … Read more
Labour shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds calls for law to save cash before ‘time runs out’ By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 February 2021 Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds is today calling for an urgent end to the ‘uncontrolled retreat of cash’. In a letter … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: We need entrepreneurs to survive in order to drive economy forward as Covid threat weakens – Chancellor MUST help them By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 16 January 2021 The big financial story of the moment is the economic destruction resulting … Read more
Doe-eyed Rishi Sunak axed the fluffy bunny act: HENRY DEEDES watches as the Chancellor loses his bonhomie By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 23:27 GMT, 11 January 2021 | Updated: 23:36 GMT, 11 January 2021 Usually when Rishi Sunak announces he’s adding another couple of noughts to the country’s spiralling debt, he puts … Read more
Return of The Saj! Former Chancellor Sajid Javid is set for new Cabinet role helping to lead Britain’s recovery from coronavirus pandemic The ex-Chancellor is set to make a Cabinet comeback in reshuffle later this year Sajid Javid, 51, is in the running to replace Business Secretary, Alok Sharma The job would be a key role … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak quit London 24 hours ahead of capital’s Tier 4 travel ban to spend Christmas in his Richmond constituency Chancellor swapped Downing Street for North Yorkshire last Friday afternoon The next day Boris Johnson introduced Tier 4 with travel ban on the capital On Monday Labour demanded a public statement on economic support By David … Read more