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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]
NHS England coronavirus poster, February 2020 [22] NHS England poster for the "Catch it, Bin it, Kill it" slogan which has been revived in the fight against COVID-19. The first published government statement on the COVID-19 situation in Wuhan was released on 22 January 2020 by the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England. [23]
On 4 October, the UK Government Dashboard "GOV.UKCoronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK" issued the following note: An issue was identified overnight on Friday 2 October in the automated process that transfers positive cases data to PHE. It has now been resolved.
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/1200) is an English statutory instrument made on 3 November 2020 by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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 ...
In 2017, due to the Government's budget deficit , the national debt increased by £46 billion. [3] The Cameron–Clegg coalition government in 2010 planned that they would eliminate the deficit by the 2015/16 financial year. [4] However, by 2014 they admitted that the structural deficit would not be eliminated until the financial year 2017/18. [5]
Government borrowing was much higher than expected in October, as debt interest payments hit a record high and public sector pay rises contributed to higher spending. Borrowing - the difference ...
Justin Tomlinson, a former minister for disabled people, tells the UK COVID-19 Inquiry the government recognised this group was at greater risk from the virus and that work had bee done "at pace" to address this. His comments come after the inquiry had previously heard how disabled people felt their views were not properly heard over decisions ...