Budget for coronavirus and infrastructure
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2010-20: GDP increased from £1,545.5bn to £2,200bn

2010-20: Government spending up from £673.1bn to £847.6bn

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Key points

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces £30bn fiscal stimulus to fight coronavirus

Central bank: Main interest rate cut by Bank of England from 0.75% to 0.25% to help mitigate economic impact of coronavirus

Coronavirus: £5bn emergency response fund to support NHS and other public services. NHS will get whatever funding it needs

Statutory sick pay: To be paid to all those who choose to self-isolate. Businesses with fewer than 250 employees will have all sick pay refunded by government for up to 14 days

Hardship fund: £500m fund to help vulnerable people

Business interruption: Small businesses affected by coronavirus to get loans of up to £1.2m

Business rates: Abolished for firms in retail, leisure and hospitality sectors with rateable value below £51,000

National Insurance:Tax threshold to rise from £8,632 to £9,500 

Women’s sanitary products: 0.5% tax to be abolished from 2021

Infrastructure: £600bn to be spent on roads, rail, and industry over next five years. Investment in broadband worth £5bn to help expand rural connectivity. New carbon capture “clusters” to be built by 2030, at cost of £800m. Affordable housing programme expanded with extra £12bn of funding

Duties: Alcohol, tobacco and fuel duty to be frozen for 10th consecutive year. Business rate discount for pubs raised from £1,000 to £5,000

Non-recyclable plastics: Tax of £200 per tonne from April 2022

Flood defences: Investment doubled to £5.2bn over next six years 
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Sources: HM Treasury, Office of Budget Responsibility, ONS © GRAPHIC NEWS