OBR’s Robert Chote says now is the time to spend without regard for the national debt
The head of the Treasury watchdog has said Britain faces a “wartime situation” and must urgently raise public spending to support households and businesses through the coronavirus outbreak, even if public borrowing dramatically balloons.
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