Tax increases required for businesses and workers to repair public finances, says chancellor
Rishi Sunak has outlined tax rises on companies and workers to pay for an additional £65bn of financial support to see Britain through the coronavirus pandemic, taking total government spending on the Covid crisis to more than £400bn.
The chancellor said at the budget he would extend furlough until September, and allocated billions of pounds in business grants and tax cuts to help employers while lockdown restrictions remain and the economy takes time to recover from the worst recession in 300 years.
