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Not many people knew very much about Rishi Sunak at the beginning of this year, but 6 months later and he has become one of the most well known faces in British politics. Eventually he will need to turn his attention to how we will all pay for the measures introduced to protect the economy through the Coronavirus crisis, but for the moment the emphasis remains on spending money to protect jobs.<\/p>\n
Given that the wealth of any nation and its people can be measured in terms of the productivity of its workforce, I don\u2019t think many people will disagree with the importance of trying to protect the jobs market, and as every employer knows, it is far more difficult to recruit new workers than retain existing ones, so the measures to keep staff in place shows a welcome understanding of the real problems businesses are facing.<\/p>\n
The measures introduced in the Chancellor’s summer statement were categorised into three areas:<\/p>\n
For more details of the measures introduced, see\u00a0 our summary of the Chancellor’s Summer_Statement_July_2020<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not many people knew very much about Rishi Sunak at the beginning of this year, but 6 months later and he has become one of the most well known faces in British politics. Eventually he will need to turn his attention to how we will all pay for the measures introduced to protect the economy[…] <\/p>\n