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?
Fieldwork end date Pollster	10 August 2020 Poll by YouGov
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	18%
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	71%
Neither	11%

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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
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
Neither

Choose second group:

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
Neither

Choose third group:

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
Neither

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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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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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