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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]
Extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self Employment Income Support Scheme until the end of September; £1.65 billion injection into the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in England; £28 million to increase the UK's capacity for vaccine testing, clinical trials and improve the UK's ability to acquire samples of new variants of SARS-CoV-2
The most recent monthly figures show the government borrowed £11.2bn in November 2024, which was £3.4bn lower than the same month last year and the lowest November figure since 2021.
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]
How does government borrowing work, and how and when is the money paid back? Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
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 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 ...
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 ...