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U.K. Releases ‘Wartime’ Funding to Save Economy from Virus

  • Chancellor promises $424 billion in loans, grants and tax cuts
  • Johnson: U.K. will do ‘whatever it takes’ to win virus battle
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Boris Johnson’s government announced a massive rescue package of loans and grants for businesses in a desperate attempt to stop the coronavirus pandemic wrecking the U.K. economy.

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