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Sunak ‘supercharged my confidence’: Finance sector on UK chancellor’s plans to protect jobs

Rishi Sunak announces financial package to support young people, help the housing market and improve the country's struggling hospitality sector

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak Photo: Getty Images

The UK’s chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined the next phase of the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis.

In his address to parliament on 8 July, Sunak announced new support to bolster job creation for young people, reductions to stamp duty to reinvigorate the housing market and new lifelines for Britain’s hospitality sector.

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