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Health secretrary Matt Hancock says the measures are necessary
While business groups understand the need to protect the public from the coronavirus they are increasingly concerned how stop-start trading is affecting thousands of livelihoods.
They have again called for suport packages to be strengthened.
Babs Murphy, Chief Executive of the North & Western Lancashire Chamber of Commerce said: “Whilst we accept the government must act in the best interest of public health, it must also address the economic consequences of its actions. The Chancellor must act with the utmost urgency to help businesses who have been forced to either shut their doors , paid for stock they now can’t sell and whose cash flow projections have once again been thrown into chaos.