Shifting the narrative

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🗓️ 9 July 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

As the economy becomes the focal point of the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, Adam Boulton and guests examine the measures outlined by the Chancellor to boost consumer spending and jobs.
They also discuss the fallout from the Prime Minister's assertion that too many care homes failed to follow the correct procedures in dealing with the virus as Labour accuse Boris Johnson of 'trying to shift the blame' for his own shortcomings.
Joining Adam this week are the Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies Faiza Shaheen, the Comment editor of City AM Rachel Cunliffe and Sky's Political correspondent Tamara Cohen.

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0:42.0	Hello, welcome to the Without Politics podcast from Sky News.
0:49.0	I'm Adam Bolton.
0:49.9	Joining me this week are the Director of the Centre for Labor and Social Studies, Pfizer-Shaheen, the comment editor of City AM, Rachel Cunliff, and Sky's political correspondent Tamara Cohen.
1:02.0	Welcome to you all. Well, this week we're going to talk about shifting the narrative.
1:05.8	We are supposed to be coming out of the lockdown, and the Chancellor announced his summer statement to get the economy moving.
1:16.2	In just two months, our economy contracted by 25%.
1:20.8	The same amount it grew in the previous 18 years.
1:25.9	And the Independent Office for Budget Responsibility in Bank of England
1:29.3	are both projecting significant job losses. If you're an employer and you bring someone back who
1:35.8	was furloughed and you continuously employ them through to January, we will pay you a thousand pound
1:43.1	bonus per employee. Right now, there is no stamp duty on
1:47.2	transactions below 125,000 pounds. Today, I am increasing the threshold to half a million pounds.
1:55.4	Eat in or hot takeaway food from restaurants, cafes and pubs, accommodation in hotels, B&Bs, campsites and caravan
2:03.1	sites, attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos. All these and more will see VAT reduced
2:10.3	from next Wednesday until January the 12th from 20% to 5%. For the month of August, we will give everyone in the country an eat out to help out discount.
2:23.3	Meals eaten at any participating business, Monday to Wednesday, will be 50% off up to a maximum discount of £10 per head for everyone.
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