UK to deliver post-Brexit budget under virus cloud
A general view of an almost empty aisle in a Sainsbury's supermarket in Central London, Britain. The coronavirus is expected to cloud the outlook for the British economy. – EPA pic, March 8, 2020.
BRITAIN unveils its first post-Brexit budget on Wednesday and analysts expect Prime Minister Boris Johnson to press ahead with major spending on infrastructure, despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, who will present the budget after his predecessor Sajid Javid resigned unexpectedly last month, is also scheduled to outline emergency funding measures in the battle against Covid-19.
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