UK firms and self-employed can defer tax as Sunak unveils 'Covid-19 budget'

Britain unveiled a £30bn (€34bn) economic stimulus plan to tackle the risk of a coronavirus recession, just hours after the Bank of England slashed interest rates in a double-barrelled response to the crisis.

UK firms and self-employed can defer tax as Sunak unveils 'Covid-19 budget'

Britain unveiled a £30bn (€34bn) economic stimulus plan to tackle the risk of a coronavirus recession, just hours after the Bank of England slashed interest rates in a double-barrelled response to the crisis.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced the plan as part of a debt-fuelled investment surge for the coming years that budget forecasters said was the biggest stimulus since 1992 after a decade of austerity.

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