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The cure to this crisis can be found in our communities

21 March 2020

9:00 AM

21 March 2020

9:00 AM

For the Chancellor to produce an emergency bailout package just six days after delivering his Budget is an extraordinary state of affairs, but such is the fast-moving nature of the coronavirus crisis. The virus itself is growing along the expected trajectory, testing the limits of the NHS — but no one could have modelled the economic response.

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