Musicians and artists have criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for suggesting that people should retrain and find new employment if they lose work due to the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing restrictions. The furlough scheme will be replaced by Job Support Scheme which will support businesses that can only afford to pay some employees part time. A further £100 million went on targeted support for the national cultural institutions in England and the English Heritage Trust. ITV tweeted a video clip of the interview out with a headline suggesting Mr Sunak was specifically talking about arts employees. Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess said: 'Maybe some MPs should retrain, as they aren't really doing their job anyway.'

Source: Daily Mail October 06, 2020 13:14 UTC