UK Chancellor Refuses To Aid Struggling Artists During COVID-19
How would you like it if someone told you your job was expendable? Thanks for coming, but you’re not needed anymore. These may not have been the exact words UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak said in a recent interview, but what he said certainly didn’t inspire confidence in the government’s intention to help struggling artists during COVID-19. He encouraged artists to consider “new opportunities” that will be made available through government resources. “I can’t pretend that everyone can do exactly the same job that they were doing at the beginning of this crisis,” said Sunak. The UK has already lost almost 750,000 jobs since the start of the pandemic, and the UK Chancellor expects that number to grow.
