The coronavirus crisis and government business support: revising, rethinking and responding at speed
b'The speed and scale of the support that the UK government rolled out to businesses following its decision to shut down much of the UK economy in March 2020 was unprecedented in peacetime.\\n\\nAt this event, panellists discussed how effective the design and implementation of these measures has been, how the government worked with the private sector to understand what was needed and refine the policies, what new difficulties arise as the government tries to lift restrictions and how government should work with businesses to understand those and adapt policy to deliver for the public interest.\\n\\nPanellists:\\n\\nBaroness Morgan of Cotes, former Treasury minister and former chair of the Treasury Select Committee\\nMartin McTague, National Vice Chair Policy and Advocacy at the Federation of Small Businesses\\nJosh Hardie, Deputy Director-General, Policy and Campaigns at the Confederation of British Industry\\nThis event was chaired by Giles Wilkes, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government.\\n\\nWe would like to thank the Federation of Small Businesses for supporting this event.'