Bridget Phillipson Labour Member of Parliament for Houghton and Sunderland South

The fact that hundreds of thousands of redundancies were planned by employers over the summer shows what’s at stake as the government winds down the furlough scheme.
It isn’t too late for the Chancellor to change course on this – he shouldn’t allow his stubbornness to worsen the jobs crisis we face and hold Britain back.
Bridget Phillipson MP on BBC News
The fact that hundreds of thousands of redundancies were planned by employers over the summer shows what's at stake as the government winds down the furlough scheme.It isn’t too late for the Chancellor to change course on this – he shouldn’t allow his stubbornness to worsen the jobs crisis we face and hold Britain back.
Posted by Bridget Phillipson on Tuesday, 8 September 2020