the uk wide inquiry into covid won t start work until next year but the snp has called for it to start immediately, accusing the uk government of rampant cronyism over the awarding of contracts during the crisis. the party s westminster leader said the uk had seen the very best in our society during these tough times. but the pandemic has led to opportunism, for greed and for covid profits above accountability because this tory government is guilty of funnelling covid cash from the frontline into the pockets of its rich friends. we are talking about endemic cronyism during a global pandemic. the right honourable member is well aware of the public contract regulations, which existed before the pandemic, which allow the government to procure
because we have to i m afraid this is a highly contagious disease and we have to do what we can to stop its spread. the uk wide inquiry into covid won t start work until next year but the snp has called for it to start immediately, accusing the uk government of rampant cronyism over the awarding of contracts during the crisis. the party s westminster leader said the uk had seen the very best in our society during these tough times. but the pandemic has led to opportunism, for greed and for covid profits above accountability because this tory government is guilty of funnelling covid cash from the frontline into the pockets of its rich friends. we are talking about endemic cronyism during a global pandemic. the right honourable member
economist friends were almost predicting 12% unemployment, and we did not know quite the situation that people would be facing about getting back into work, you know, the amount of restrictions we were putting into place. you know, some people could just not work any more. that is not going to be the case, or it hasn t been the case in quite a while, it is certainly not going to be the case once we get to road four, and we can genuinely open up and fill those vacancies and help people get back into work. so, there is a lot of effort gone in with the support through the furlough scheme. it s been a significant cushion. and while there is still about 2 million people on the 2.4 million people on the furlough, certainly that s been a buffer for a lot of people, to some extent, you saw that with the temporary £20 uplift. therese coffey. the snp has called for the inquiry into covid to start immediately, accusing the uk government of rampant cronyism over the awarding