Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak warns Covid bill will take 'decades' to pay off
Telegraph, 04 Mar 2021
Rishi Sunak has said it will take "many years, decades and governments" to pay off the £407bn cost of Covid, following yesterday's Budget.
The Chancellor said his statement would start the process, and "stop the problem getting worse".
He told BBC Breakfast: "The shock that coronavirus has done to our economy has been significant and as I said yesterday, this won't be fixed overnight."
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The Chancellor said his statement would start the process, and "stop the problem getting worse".
He told BBC Breakfast: "The shock that coronavirus has done to our economy has been significant and as I said yesterday, this won't be fixed overnight."
Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/03/04/rishi-sunak-uk-budget-lockdown-nicola-sturgeon-alex-salmond/
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