budget 2020

The march of the coronavirus across the world dominated headlines this week, with Westminster having its first diagnosed cases and the government moving to delay phase to try limit its spread. Is Boris Johnson’s team listening to the right advice? Labour MP and A&E doctor Rosena Allin-Khan joins Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth to discuss the government’s response, as well as running the rule over chancellor Rishi Sunak’s big spending Budget.

Social care forgotten about, along with traditional Tory economics.

Rishi Sunak turns on the taps with more spending and tax cuts – but borrowing is forecast to balloon dramatically.

Rishi Sunak will be delivering UK’s first post-Brexit budget and it will be a big moment since his rise to the post of chancellor and Boris Johnson winning an 80-seat majority. The chancellor is expected to announce changes from emergency resources for the NHS to cope with the coronavirus outbreak to cutting VAT rates and introducing measures to support small businesses.