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On 28 March, Fitch Ratings downgraded the UK's government debt rating from AA to AA−, because of coronavirus borrowing, economic decline, and lingering uncertainty over Brexit. The ratings agency believed the UK's government deficit for 2020 might equal 9% of gross domestic product (GDP), compared to 2% the previous year. [87]
The government is spending more on public services than it raises in tax. To bridge this gap it borrows money, but this has to be paid back - with interest - and that can influence wider tax and ...
The British government debt is rising due to a gap between revenue and expenditure. Total government revenue in the fiscal year 2015/16 was projected to be £673 billion, whereas total expenditure was estimated at £742 billion. Therefore, the total deficit was £69 billion. This represented a rate of borrowing of a little over £1.3 billion ...
Figures show the rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.2% between December 2023 and March 2024, its highest level for six months. [334] EasyJet cancels all flights to and from Tel Aviv for the whole of the summer, citing safety concerns following Iran's drone and missile attack on Israel. [335]
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The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was a furlough scheme announced by Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on 20 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. [1] The scheme was announced as providing grants to employers to pay 80% of a staff wage and employment costs each month, up to a total of £2,500 per ...
The Office for National Statistics said the unemployment rate fell to a lower-than-expected 3.6% in the three months to July. UK unemployment rate slumps to 48-year low but more Britons quit jobs ...