Hello, youre watching afternoon live. The new chancellor delivers his first budget with measures to control the corona riots outbreak at its heart. Coronavirus. Control the corona riots outbreak at its heart. Coronavirus. The british people may be worried but they are not daunted. We will protect our people and country. We will rise to this challenge. He abolishes Business Rates for many firms in england, extended sick pay and boosts nhs funding by the labour leader says it is not enough. Todays budget was billed as a turning point, a chance to deliver,
in particular on the promises made to working class communities during general election. But it does not come close. All this just hours after the bank of england announced an emergency cut in Interest Rates to shore up the economy. And i am live in westminster with all the reaction to a budget dominated by the coronavirus outbreak. The number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the uk rises by 83 to 456. That is the b
The hope is the chancellor and Prime Minister will deliver on ma nifesto Prime Minister will deliver on manifesto promises. More cash and powerful areas like theirs. Butjust as in the rest of the country, the priority is how to deal with the growing crisis over coronavirus. Health minister Nadine Dorries becomes the first mp to test postive with the virus, and labour mp Rachael Maskell self isolates following a meeting with nadine last thursday. And the nhs will ramp up testing for covid 19 after a sixth person dies from the virus in the uk. 382 people are now known to have it. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. The bank of england has announced an emergency cut in Interest Rates for the First Time Since the banking crisis of 2008, to help the economy cope with the effects of coronavirus. The bank has also promised billions of pounds of extra lending will be made available to firms. The bank of england has reduced rates from 0. 75 to 0. 25 , citing the incre
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