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25 November 2020updated 25 Jul 2021 11:41am

Rishi Sunak’s spending review confirms that the “end of austerity” never began

Departmental spending will be billions less than previously planned.

By Anoosh Chakelian

Just as we passed the first coronavirus peak in the UK, Boris Johnson began facing questions about economic policy to deal with the aftermath.

At a press briefing on 30 April, he stressed that the government would not make public spending cuts in the wake of the pandemic.

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