The 2020/21 budget for Test and Trace in England is ยฃ22 billion, about ยฃ4 billion was spent by the end of October 2020.ย Where has at gone and was it a success?
Today Rishi Sunak has indicated he will extend emergency support packages as the coronavirus lockdown is unwound, and did not rule out first raising taxes before cutting them ahead of the next election.
The Chancellor insisted ahead of Wednesdayโs Budget that he is in favour of low taxes but said he needs to repair the public finances from the โenormous shockโ of the pandemic with an โhonest and fairโ plan.
He said he does not โrecogniseโ suggestions he told MPs in private that he would raise taxes now before cutting them in a pre-election Budget and said it would be โbraveโ to predict the situation in three yearsโ time.
But he declined to rule out the possible plan, leading to Labour accusing him of โplaying politics with the recoveryโ.
Mr Sunak said he must โlevel with peopleโ, with Covid having had an โenormous hold on our economyโ that will cause debt to โrise indefinitelyโ if borrowing continues after the recovery.
Sunak told Andrew Marr, this morning, that “people elected us because they trust us with their money.”
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