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Jobs that “don’t fit” with the coronavirus may “take a long time to come back,” a minister warned.
Gillian Keegan told Sky News’s Kay Burley show that the licensing scheme did help people in the industries hardest hit by COVID-19, but it cannot continue “indefinitely”.
He admitted that “it’s hard to see how nightclubs will open up until we have some kind of long-term way of dealing with them. coronavirus“.
The skills minister was questioned about new new restrictions slipped by the government prohibit some songs and dances in hospitality companies
“It’s hard to keep your space if people are moving and you don’t know how someone else will move,” he said.
And Keegan defended the 10 p.m. curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants.
She said they should be “COVID safe” anyway, but “if they stay open later, we can’t control the virus.”
When asked what scientific basis the policy had, Ms Keegan pointed to Belgium, where a similar measure was introduced and cases declined.
“That is the science, the evidence that we have,” he added.
DJ Fat Tony told Sky News that his industry has “been on its knees for the last six months” and the government’s promise to increase wages will be of no help to those who will not receive any money because their facilities are closed.
“My career is not expendable, it is not something you can throw away,” he said.
“I have worked my whole life to get to the point in my career where I am.
“We train to do what we do, it is not something we do overnight, it is an art.
“Just saying ‘that’s throwaway and we’ll leave it on ice’ and letting a million people lose their jobs is despicable.”
