Call it a Big Bazooka (Just don’t call it Socialism): Re-thinking the Role of the State in the Age of Coronavirus and Brexit

News by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, on Tuesday that the UK Government will provide an assistance package to business, including over £330 billion of loans and loan guarantees, the scrapping of business rates for one year for sectors such as retail and hospitality, cash grants of up to £25,000 for SMEs and a three-month mortgage “holiday” for home-owners was a real volte-face for the Government