When Rishi Sunak, Britain’s chancellor, stood up to deliver his first budget in March he promised “change in our economy, change in our public services, change in the cost of living, change in our economic geography”. The coronavirus that has since spread throughout the UK will, no doubt, alter all those facets of British life. As he formulates policy to support the recovery, Mr Sunak has a chance to ensure that the damage it does is kept to the minimum and the opportunities it presents for positive change are seized.
當英國財政大臣里希?蘇納克(Rishi Sunak)在3月站出來發(fā)布他的第一份預(yù)算案時,他承諾“改變我們的經(jīng)濟,改變我們的公共服務(wù),改變生活成本,改變我們的經(jīng)濟形勢”。毫無疑問,此后在全英蔓延的新型冠狀病毒疫情將改變英國人生活的所有這些方面。隨著蘇納克制定支持復(fù)蘇的政策,他有機會確保把疫情帶來的傷害降到最低,并抓住疫情為積極變化帶來的機會。