Biden sets out plan for six trillion dollar budget

Joe Biden has set out plans for a $6 trillion budget (Niall Carson/PA)

President Joe Biden is proposing a six trillion dollar (£4.23 trillion) budget for next year piled high with new safety net programmes for the poor and middle class.

But his generosity depends on taxing corporations and the wealthy to keep the nation’s spiking debt from spiralling totally out of control.