Bailout to stop Britain going bust: Chancellor Rishi Sunak is warned he must pump HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS of pounds into aid for stricken businesses to avoid MILLIONS losing their jobs amid coronavirus crisis Chancellor Rishi Sunak set to unveil package to ease impact of coronavirus The Prime Minister has told Britons to avoid pubs and … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s Budget plans are ‘nothing like as generous as they appear’ and spending on most public services will be lower in 2025 than in 2010, according to a respected think tank. Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said Mr Sunak’s investment proposals are ‘genuinely very big’ – but the cash … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Rishi Sunak’s budget is kicking savers while they’re down By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 23:16 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 23:21 GMT, 11 March 2020 Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse for savers, they were dealt two crushing blows in a matter of hours. The bad news … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s first Budget confirmed what we had suspected. Boris Johnson’s Tories are not the party of Margaret Thatcher, or even David Cameron. That is why it is no exaggeration to describe yesterday as historic. The spectacle of this passionate, articulate, confident young Chancellor of Indian descent showed on one level how much the old … Read more
‘A tax cut for 31 million people’: Rishi Sunak increases National Insurance contribution threshold for hard-pressed British workers as he uses his Budget to put more than £100 back in their pockets in a move which could also help stimulate UK economy From April threshold at which NI payments start will rise from £8,632 to … Read more
PROFESSOR MATTHEW GOODWIN: Rishi Sunak’s bulldozer budget for Boris Johnson’s ‘red wall’ By Matthew Goodwin For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 11 March 2020 This is essentially a budget for blue-collar Britain – for the left-behind communities and left-out workers who, at the recent election, gave Conservatives … Read more
When Rishi Sunak rose to his feet in the Commons yesterday to deliver his first Budget speech, Boris Johnson had every reason to feel nervous. Less than a month had passed since Sajid Javid quit as Chancellor in a spat with the Prime Minister over special advisers. Few voters had ever heard of Sunak when … Read more
His critics wrote him off as a youthful baby chino (chancellor in name only) when he took over the Treasury in January. But Rishi Sunak, 39, won praise from the man he replaced today for delivering the Budget after just weeks in the top job. Sajid Javid praised his successor after this afternoon’s fiscal showcase, … Read more
Rishi Sunak today unveiled a massive £30billion bonanza to stop coronavirus plunging Britain into Italy-style chaos – as he effectively reversed a decade of austerity. Delivering his crucial first Budget, the Chancellor admitted that people were ‘worried’ and the killer disease will inevitably have a major impact on the economy. But he insisted the government … Read more
Rishi Sunak today unveiled a massive £30billion plan to stop coronavirus plunging Britain into Italy-style chaos. Delivering his crucial first Budget, the Chancellor admitted that people were ‘worried’ and the disease will inevitably have a major impact on the economy. But he insisted the government will do ‘everything it can’ to keep the country ‘healthy … Read more