Fifteen years after the G8 summit, it's the UK that's in dire need of aid

Like Brown in 2005, Sunak plans to help the vulnerable - but the similarities end there

Just like Gordon Brown 15 years ago, Rishi Sunak has spent June working on an aid package. As was the case in 2005, details of the chancellor's plan to help the vulnerable will be announced on 8 July.

There, though, the similarity ends. Sunak's focus is the UK economy and in particular those about to lose their jobs as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The doubling of work coaches in job centres tells its own story: the government knows unemployment will soar in the coming months.