Oct 27, 2021
What could be in Britain’s “budget for an optimistic future”?
Britain's finance minister, Chancellor Rishi Sunak will present the government's budget and spending review on Wednesday.
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From the BBC World Service: U.K. finance minister Rishi Sunak will unveil London's latest spending priorities today, with details already trickling out including plans for a higher national living wage, new spending on public transport projects and money to tackle backlogs in the National Health Service. Plus, as Russia threatens to suspend gas exports to Moldova, is Moscow using energy as a political weapon?
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