In numbers: Rishi Sunak’s spring budget

The key figures in the spending plan outlined by the chancellor today

Chancellor Rishi Sunak poses with the Budget Box outside 11 Downing Street
Rishi Sunak with the Budget Box outside 11 Downing Street
(Image credit: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak today pledged to continue supporting workers and businesses through the Covid-19 crisis - but warned that repairing the long-term damage to the economy “will take time”.

Delivering only his second budget as chancellor, after last autumn’s was cancelled owing to the pandemic, Sunak announced extensions to the furlough scheme, self-employed support, business grants, loans and VAT cuts.

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Mike Starling is the former digital features editor at The Week. He started his career in 2001 in Gloucestershire as a sports reporter and sub-editor and has held various roles as a writer and editor at news, travel and B2B publications. He has spoken at a number of sports business conferences and also worked as a consultant creating sports travel content for tourism boards. International experience includes spells living and working in Dubai, UAE; Brisbane, Australia; and Beirut, Lebanon.