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Of normal usual december. businesses are wondering whether the chancellor has any more help to offer if restrictions are tightened after christmas. now, of course, i will always respond proportionately and appropriately to the situation that we face. people can have confidence in that, but where we are now, we ve responded, ithink, generously today with the grants that we ve outlined, up to £6,000, are comparable to the grants that we ve provided for hospitality businesses when they were completely closed earlier this year, so there s a benchmark for you. pub owner fullers have had to shut 20 of their city centre pubs as workers stay at home. the chief executive has described the announcement as a step in the right direction but said it fell short of what was needed. what the chancellor hasn t done today is given any relief on business rates, no extension of vat, and more fundamentally, if there are going to be further restrictions, there is no extension of furlough. so if you look at ....

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