'One cannot escape the conclusion that austerity ideology for its own sake has once again prevailed' Ambrose Evans-Pritchard thinks Rishi Sunak failed to go far enough with his winter economy plan to prevent mass unemployment
British dilettantism is giving Germany's Kurzarbeit a bad name. Rishi Sunak’s Job Support Scheme is more like a scorched-earth version of Italy’s Cassa Integrazione, without the funding required even to make that work.
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