CW
Meanwhile, as some of us forecast, the stringent policy of preventing
many companies from trading and stopping many people working is having a
hugely damaging effect on jobs, businesses, tax revenues and our
capacity to supply ourselves beyond the essentials. ....
When restrictions are eventually lifted, there will be far fewer
companies and people able to respond. There will also be less demand, as
the many people who have suffered financially from the closure period
will not be able to pick up where they left off with discretionary
spending.
So we now need a policy which still gives priority to protecting the
elderly and vulnerable from the virus, whilst getting more companies
trading and more people back to productive work. .....We can only afford the NHS if we have a strong economy. Government
schemes to pay companies and the self-employed some money in lieu of
work cannot make up for the huge losses, and so far the schemes have
proved slow to open and patchy in coverage. We need faster action to
save jobs and business.
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