Chancellor makes £30bn budget pledge to protect economy from coronavirus
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The chancellor has pledged 30bn of extra spending in a number of sweeping measures to protect the economy against the coronavirus in a budget he described as the biggest fiscal boost to the UK in decades.
Rishi Sunak, who replaced Sajid Javid only weeks ago, said he would intervene to protect public services and the economy over the coming months while providing the biggest boost to public investment for several generations to drive longer-term growth.
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