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UK ready to use "all levers" to prepare for coronavirus

Mon, 02nd Mar 2020 12:38

LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - Britain will use all levers at
its disposal to prepare for the spread of coronavirus, British
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Monday.

The spokesman said that Britain's finance minister Rishi
Sunak and the Treasury had been in discussions with the Bank Of
England about the virus but that the budget would go ahead on
March 11.

"The government is stands ready to use all levers at its
disposal to ensure we are as prepared as we can be," the
spokesman said.

(Reporting by William James, writing by Michael Holden)

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