Chancellor announces £330bn in government-backed loans in coronavirus fight

‘We will get through this’

Jenna Brown
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a raft of financial measures to shore up businesses and families hit by the coronavirus pandemic.

Speaking at the daily press conference at Downing Street, the Chancellor said the pandemic was a public health emergency but also an "economic emergency". There would be government intervention ...

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