coronavirus pandemic.The chancellor’s stark comments come after recent research revealed that a third of musicians could leave the industry due to financial losses.When asked if out-of-work musicians and creatives should seek alternative employment, he told ITV News: “I can’t pretend that everyone can do exactly the same job that they were doing at the beginning of this crisis.“That’s why we’ve put a lot of resource into trying to create new opportunities.”He went on to concede that unemployment is “likely to increase” but stressed the government is “trying to do everything we can to protect as many jobs as possible.”Sunak said that employment was still available in the creative industries, but added that “everyone is having to find ways to.
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