Tag: furlough

On 18 February 2021, Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in a tweet he is going to be speaking to industry leaders and experts to hear how they’ve reacted to the pandemic starting with Gordon Ramsay who’s launched a new TV show in lockdown. No surprise there, the guy’s a celebrity chef with a string of TV shows already under his belt. In other words, Rishi Sunak is going to be talking to rich people – millionaire to millionaire; those least impacted by the pandemic. What about ordinary people? How have they coped with the pandemic? Excluded UK, report…