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    Posted by Mary on March 12, 2020, 7:32 am, in reply to "'Rishi'"

    Laura loves him.

    Budget 2020: The chancellor's very large cheque book
    By Laura Kuenssberg
    Political editor
    11 March 2020

    He started looking a little bit like the nervous new boy.

    Rishi Sunak has barely been in one of the biggest jobs in the country for a month.

    But the chancellor certainly found his stride as the astonishing scale of the government's first Budget became clear.

    First off, a £30bn stimulus for the economy, in particular the emergency with the coronavirus crisis - a mixture of extra cash for the health service, loan guarantees, abolishing business rates for some firms this year and a promise that the government will pick up the significant cost of sick pay for small firms, if their workers have to stay at home because of the illness.
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/laurakuenssberg

    And on and on

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    • 'Rishi' - Mary March 12, 2020, 7:21 am
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