Lucy Powell – 2020 Comments on “Jobs Meltdown”

Comments made by Lucy Powell, the Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, on 22 August 2020.

With the UK now in recession, Ministers must do all they can to stave off disaster on the high street. They have a week to change tack, and prevent shuttered high streets and a jobs meltdown. Rather than claw back these funds, Ministers should back the high street and save jobs now.

Many businesses are still in distress, with many still fully or partially shut down because of the continuing public health emergency. It’s vital that the government doesn’t think it’s job done when so many jobs and businesses are on the line.