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Jim O’Neill scathing about decision to help pensioners while forcing real-terms pay cuts on public sector workers
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Jim O’Neill scathing about decision to help pensioners while forcing real-terms pay cuts on public sector workers
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Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, Nov 25, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will reportedly resist pressure to go back on one of the government's key election manifesto promises and will not be raising income tax, national insurance or VAT in his budget, which is due to be unveiled at the start of next month. With around 280 billion pounds ($382 billion) having been spent so far on fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic, and government borrowing on course to hit 400 billion pounds for t...