The U.K. government has set out a series of major interventions to bolster the economy and business in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, including support for theaters and cinemas — but questions still remain on the fate of the freelance workforce. “We must act like any war-time government and do anything it takes to support our economy,” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press conference Tuesday, the second of a series of daily press briefings to discuss the government’s response to coronavirus outbreak.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said that coronavirus is “a public health emergency but also an economic emergency”, and promised government intervention “on a scale unimaginable only a few weeks ago”.
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