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Rishi’s Groupon Gamble
Is Rishi Sunak’s colossal £30bn package of jobs stimulus, training subsidy, VAT cuts and stamp duty changes be enough to stave off a COVID crash? And will his Mega Meal Deal make a difference to the comatose cafe and restaurant industry? Special guest Rupert Harrison, a portfolio manager at Blackrock and previously Chief of Staff to former chancellor George Osborne, joins us to unpick the Chancellor’s summer statement.
“Sunak has given notice that he’s turning off the spraygun of business support.” – Rupert Harrison
Presented by Bronwen Maddox with Gemma Tetlow and Giles Wilkes. Audio…
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