The Chancellor refused to renege on the Government's plan for 'once-in-a-generation' infrastructure spending. Despite the Covid hit to the economy, he said he was pressing ahead with the highest sustained level of public investment in more than 40 years. Rishi Sunak vowed to plough £100billion into road, rail and broadband projects yesterday. The Chancellor refused to renege on the Government's plan for 'once-in-a-generation' infrastructure spending. Mr Sunak pledged to make Britain a 'scientific superpower', with almost £15billion on funding for research and development.

Source: Daily Mail November 25, 2020 23:03 UTC