]Budget 2020: How will it help the self-employed and other questions

Budget 2020: How will it help the self-employed and other questions
In his first Budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled a £12bn package to help the country through the coronavirus outbreak. He also outlined spending pledges ...
BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-51840247


Budget 2020: The winners and losers of Rishi Sunak's coronavirus budget
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The Telegraph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6lkivFh1rQ


Budget 2020: Chancellor pumps billions into economy to combat coronavirus
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £30bn package to boost the economy and get the country through the coronavirus outbreak. He is suspending business ...
BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51835306

Coronavirus: Borrowing soars to record £103.7bn as debt outstrips GDP
Britain's borrowing has soared to a record £103.7bn as debt outstripped the GDP for the first time in nearly six decades.
Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-uk-borrowing-soars-to-record-103-7bn-in-a-month-12010125


Debt surpasses 100 per cent of UK GDP for the first time in 57 years in coronavirus crisis
UK borrowing exploded to £103.7bn over April and May's lockdown, official data showed today, as debt exceeded GDP in May for the first time in 57 years.
City A.M.
https://www.cityam.com/debt-surpasses-100-per-cent-of-uk-gdp-for-the-first-time-in-57-years-in-coronavirus-crisis/

Britain nearly went bust in March, says Bank of England
Quantitative easing reduced government borrowing costs as Covid-19 crisis hit markets
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/22/britain-nearly-went-bust-in-march-says-bank-of-england

Coronavirus: Bank of England rescued government, reveals governor
Andrew Bailey has told Sky News that if the Bank had not intervened the government would have struggled to fund itself.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-governor-says-bank-of-england-saved-britain-from-effective-insolvency-12012369

UK GDP shows biggest drop since 1979 in first quarter
Britain's economy shrank by the most since 1979 in early 2020, according to figures today that included the first few days of the coronavirus lockdown.
RTE.ie
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0630/1150457-uk-economic-figures/