Once the coronavirus outbreak is over do you think it is more important that the government reduces borrowing and balances the budget or that the government maintains spending to support the economy and public services?

Fieldwork dates: 6 August 2020 - 10 August 2020
Data from: Scotland
Results from: 1 poll

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Results for: Once the coronavirus outbreak is over do you think it is more important that the government reduces borrowing and balances the budget or that the government maintains spending to support the economy and public services?
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10 August 2020
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It is more important that the government reduces borrowing and balances the budget, even if that means less money is available to support the economy or public services 13%
It is more important that the government maintains spending to support the economy and public services, even if that means the amount of borrowing and the national debt grow larger 52%
Neither 8%
Not sure 28%

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Thinking about the money the UK government has borrowed during the coronavirus outbreak, once the outbreak is over do you think...It is more important that the government reduces borrowing and balances the budget, even if that means less money is available to support the economy or public services/It is more important that the government maintains spending to support the economy and public services, even if that means the amount of borrowing and the national debt grow larger

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