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Coronavirus - economic consequences and care homes

Apr 16, 202048 min
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Episode description

Adam Boulton and guests discuss the scale of economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic after the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecast that the economy could shrink by 35% over the next three months.
They also assess government plans to boost testing in care homes and question whether ministers been too slow to act as 2,000 homes report outbreaks of the virus.
Joining Adam this week are The Spectator's economics correspondent Kate Andrews, The Guardian columnist Owen Jones and Sky's people and politics correspondent Nick Martin.
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