Budget 2021: Sunak promises new post-Covid economy amid Commons anger

The chancellor has promised his Budget "Begins the work of preparing for a new economy" post-Covid, after rafts of policy previews angered the Commons. During his Budget warm-up in the last few days, Rishi Sunak has already totted up promises of around an extra £20bn of spending, as well as announcing how some of the cash that was already promised is going to be carved up. On the eve of his speech, Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves issued a call to the government to create "a more resilient economy and take the pressure off working people". There were no more announcements from Mr Sunak the night before his speech, but in a statement he said: "[This] Budget begins the work of preparing for a new economy post Covid. "An economy fit for a new age of optimism. That is the stronger economy of the future."

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