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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 3 March 2021 - A Budget for jobs recovery and growth expected
Description: "Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will present his budget to Parliament later today.
In spite of calls from senior Conservatives from another era to raise taxes, Sunak will add to the vast increase in Government borrowing he has embarked upon to ensure that first the country survives the Pandemic economically, then it recovers to take its place in the world post-Brexit.
He is likely to take his cue from the plans already in place to end the lockdown in stages and effect a gradual change from support to stimulus.
There have been several leaks, most likely intended, of his...