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Budget 2021: BBC editors on what to expect

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the UK's biggest economic slump in more than 300 years. Public borrowing is soaring. Unemployment is rising. How might the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, address these problems in the Budget?

BBC economics editor Faisal Islam and business editor Simon Jack give us their predictions.

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26 February 2021

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