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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 19 July 2021 - Economy growing but Covid lurking
Description: "Today, the UK removes virtually every restriction that was enforceable by law due to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
In a move that was perhaps symbolic of the Government’s recent handling of the crisis, the Health Secretary has been forced to self-isolate having been pinged by the test and trace app, which left the Prime Minister and Chancellor in something of a dilemma over where they needed to also self-isolate.
Their first instinct was that they didn’t need to remove themselves from public life, only to perform a 180 a couple of hours later.
While it appears somewhat farcical for the UK t...