Economics

Here’s What Rishi Sunak Could Do to Stimulate the U.K. Economy

  • Chancellor set to ramp up spending on infrastructure, skills
  • VAT cuts among many options being weight up in government

St Paul's cathedral stands at the end of One New Change shopping centre on Cheapside in the City of London.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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As evidence mounts of the economic destruction being wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is examining ways to get consumers and businesses spending once again.