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Not all jobs could be saved during the Covid-19 pandemic but the government prevented “mass unemployment”, Rishi Sunak has told the Covid inquiry.The former prime minister also said he was advised by medical officials not to “go too early” with interventions at the start of the pandemic.The coronavirus job retention scheme, known as furlough, was announced my Mr Sunak in March 2020.

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00:00It wasn't going to be possible to save every single person's job, and people were going to experience economic hardship as a result of what was happening.

00:10And I thought it was important to be honest with people about that up front.

00:14There's a balance. You know, you want to provide reassurance, but I think a degree of candour is also appropriate.

00:21As it turned out, the impact on household incomes and living standards, particularly for the most vulnerable in society, we'll get into it in the right section, I assume, so I'll save it for then.

00:35But I think the overall results on that were stronger than I would have perhaps anticipated going into this, and I'm very proud of that.

Not all jobs could be saved in Covid but ‘mass unemployment’ prevented – Sunak

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