Podcast: Financing the Covid-19 Crisis

In this podcast Richard Urwin and Lord Gus O’Donnell discuss the pathways to and implications of funding the Covid-19 crisis.

Gus O’Donnell served Prime Ministers Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron as Cabinet Secretary and Head of Civil Service from 2005-11. Prior to his role as Cabinet Secretary, Lord O’Donnell served as Permanent Secretary of the UK Treasury and has served on the boards of the IMF and World Bank.

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