UK Borrowing to Hit Peacetime Record Due to Pandemic: Chancellor

UK Borrowing to Hit Peacetime Record Due to Pandemic: Chancellor
The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street in London on Nov. 25, 2020. Simon Dawson/Reuters
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The United Kingdom is forecast to borrow a total of 394 billion pounds ($527 billion) this year, the highest recorded level of borrowing in peacetime, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which was caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, has had a substantial impact on public sector borrowing, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in its latest report.