Freeze A Jolly Good Furlough

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government · Sep 25, 2020 · 42m

As the COVID outlook worsens dramatically, can Boris Johnson make another six months of restrictions stick? Is Rishi Sunak’s new Job Support Scheme just the old furlough in disguise, and will it hold back a tide of autumn job losses? And how prepared are public services for an extended crisis? Special guest Sir David Lidington, former de facto Deputy Prime Minister, explains the consequences of a new near-lockdown for consumer confidence, public health and the Government’s stability.

“If you don’t get the tax receipts coming in from the economy then you’ll have some very difficult decisions…