UK unveils 150-bln-pound departmental spending rise to boost economy
LONDON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday that the country's departmental spending will rise by 150 billion pounds (about 205.89 billion U.S. dollars) by 2024-2025, a 3.8 percent increase a year in real-terms, to boost the economy battered by COVID-19.
Delivering the Autumn Budget and Spending Review in the House of Commons (lower house of the British parliam