Can Britain avoid mass-unemployment?
Creating and protecting jobs in the time of the coronavirus.
The Briefing Room · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
The Bank of England says unemployment could approach 10 per cent this year and as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is wound down, many economists are warning it could go even higher.
With more than a quarter of the UK workforce already on furlough, what can be done to make sure they have jobs to go back to?
David Aaronovitch examines the government’s options and hears who is most vulnerable.
Contributors:
Melanie Simms, Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Glasgow
Laura Gardiner, Research Director at The Resolution Foundation
Alan Manning, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
Tony Wilson, Director of the Institute for Employment Studies
Producers: Beth Sagar-Fenton, Kirsteen Knight and Joe Kent. Editor: Jasper Corbett.