Coronavirus Diary, day 112.

New figures from the ONS outlined the recent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our economy But action is being taken.
  • Alongside the £160 billion the government has already delivered to aid our recovery and prevent job losses - the Plan for Jobs will provide significant, targeted support where it is needed the most to ensure nobody is left without hope as we reopen our economy.
     
  • The "New Deal’ will help rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of our economic recovery post-coronavirus, and delivering on our manifesto pledges to level up the entire country.
     
  • The £2 billion Kickstart Scheme will pay businesses to create hundreds of thousands new, decent and high-quality jobs for 16-24 year olds, covering 100 per cent of National Minimum Wage for 25 hours a week for six months – a grant of around £6,500 per placement.
     
  • The government will expand the National Careers Service to help more young people find work or training, double the number of work coaches, level up the skills of school leavers, and create triple the number of places in Sector-Based Work Academies.
     
  • Conservatives will never accept unemployment as an unavoidable outcome – we will continue to provide the unprecedented support that our county needed throughout this pandemic and beyond.

Countries all around the world, including our own, have been hit hard by this bug, but we are fighting back.

Keep well.




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