UK coronavirus live news: Hancock makes Covid statement to MPs as Whitty calls for reduced social contact
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From March next year, repayments will start for the loan schemes set up to help businesses through the crisis. But on the current trend, our economy won’t be anything like back to normal by then.
Without effective government action, many companies will go to the wall – with more job losses and more costs for the public finances.
That’s why I’m calling today for the chancellor to act urgently and put in place a business rebuilding programme. To do for businesses struggling with debt what we’ve repeatedly asked him to do for workers whose jobs are at risk.