The Covid Report
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Is the Green Budget Transitory?
I think definition is coming down to the idea that it's transitory in the sense er it's as long as the pandemic and its aftermath is around, but it should go away eventually. We just don't know whether that's in months or quarters. The point is whether the chancellor can balance the books. And people are asking whether he's got wiggle room to splash the cash. That's not going to be popular with voters who are expecting the government to follow through on all the levelling up promises. But at the same time, richi sona has said that it would be immor to rack up more debt. So it comes down to how much the chancellor can actually
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