Budget 2021: What did the chancellor lay out and is it enough? – BBC Newsnight

Chancellor Sunak unveils his Budget, but is it enough to help repair Covid’s damage to the economy? Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

Setting out the government’s tax and spending plans for the year ahead, he announced new measures to help business and jobs through the pandemic and to support the UK’s long-term economic recovery and a series of tax-raising plans to help rebalance the public finances.

Newsnight’s Political Editor Nick Watt reports on the Budget and on Brexit developments.

Emily Maitlis interviews Chief Secretary to the Treasury Steve Barclay.

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