From dining out to greener homes - we explain Rishi Sunak's measures to save the economy
There were eye-catching cash giveaways, but the primary aim of Rishi Sunak's mini-Budget was to avert the danger of mass unemployment as a result of the deepest recession in generations.The Chancellor said avoiding “significant” job losses was “the most urgent challenge we now face” and despite Wednesday’s measures taking the total spent on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic to £188 billion, “the job has only just begun”.
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