Keir Starmer gives speech outlining labour plans for post pandemic Britain

The video discusses the importance of maintaining the £20 uplift in Universal Credit, supporting local councils to prevent council tax hikes, and ending the pay freeze for key workers. It emphasizes backing British businesses through business rate relief, VAT cuts, and an updated furlough scheme. The video criticizes the government's kickstart job scheme for failing to address youth unemployment effectively. It also highlights the need for a sustainable economy, noting that reliance on short-term consumer spending is insufficient for recovery, as most pandemic savings are unlikely to be spent.

What is one of the measures proposed to support British businesses?

• Reducing Universal Credit

• Increasing council tax

• Increasing business rates

• Cutting VAT for hospitality and leisure

What is the main criticism of the government's kickstart job scheme?

• It is too expensive to implement

• It focuses too much on older workers

• It only supports a small number of jobs compared to those lost

• It supports too many jobs

How many young people, on average, become unemployed each day according to the transcript?

• 500

• 292

• 100

• 50

What is the government's strategy for economic recovery?

• Long-term investment in infrastructure

• Increasing taxes

• Short-term consumer spending

• Reducing public spending

According to the Bank of England, what is likely to happen to the savings accumulated during the pandemic?

• They will not be spent

• They will be mostly spent

• They will be invested in stocks

• They will be used for travel