Budget 2021: To recovery and beyond?

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On 3 March, Rishi Sunak will deliver his second budget – almost a year on from the moment the government took the unprecedented step last spring to lockdown the country. With a third lockdown still in place, how will the chancellor deliver on Boris Johnson’s promise that the government will “continue to do whatever it takes to protect jobs and livelihoods across the UK”? What will the Budget do to support economic recovery once the lockdown is lifted? And will this Budget tell us anything about Sunak’s longer term ambitions for tax, spending, borrowing and debt?

In this edition of Inside Briefing Extra, IfG Chief Economist Dr Gemma Tetlow is joined by former special advisor Will de Peyer, IfG senior economist Tom Pope, and IfG senior fellow Giles Wilkes.