This is The Guardian.

There is a flattering story that the Treasury likes to tell about itself.

Picture the scene in March 2020.

Fourteen more people across Britain have died after testing positive for coronavirus.

Covid spreading faster around the world.

Uncrescited measures being enforced right across Italy

and countries implementing shutdowns and border closures.

I'm shaking hands, I was at a hospital in the morning.

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, underestimated the problem.

I'm afraid of our patients and I shook hands with everybody.

Well, I'll give the first part of the answer and then...

Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, didn't.

The government minister is praying for a modest death rate before herd immunity kicked in.

The only way to stop this epidemic is indeed to achieve herd immunity.

Then from the chaos emerges someone with a real plan and a crack team.

I know it's incredibly difficult out there.

The new chancellor, Rishi Sunak.

We're paying people's wages up to 80% so someone can be furloughed rather than laid off to protect their jobs.

And behind him, the Treasury, people with the top brains of the civil service.

Whatever it takes, says Sunak, as hundreds of billions of pounds are found and committed to the nation's safety.

The Treasury rolls out an extensive furlough and business support scheme.

This ensures that the economy remains afloat while people can stay safe at home.

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