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Podcast: Beyond Currency
Episode: 21st December 2021 - Sunak needs to drive the economy forward
Description: "The Omicron variant Coronavirus is spreading to such an extent that the Government is unable to provide any guarantee that it will not need to introduce tighter restrictions on the public, although following yesterday’s meeting of the Cabinet it is understood that nothing is planned before the Christmas holiday.
Following last week’s interest rate hike with the likelihood that further increases will be needed in the New Year, the focus has switched to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, and what support he can provide for several sectors of the economy that are struggling with both being able...