Conservative Lothians MPS Miles Briggs added: “It is remarkable that the UK government has been able to protect so many jobs during this pandemic.“We must now focus on getting the economy moving again so that West Lothian’s economy can start recovering from the Covid-19 outbreak.”A West Lothian Council spokesperson said: “Plans to tackle the economic recovery of the West Lothian area are well underway and a draft Economic Recovery and Growth Plan has been developed.”Labour Lothians MSP Neil Findlay added: “The furlough scheme as a temporary measure helped people through the worst of the crisis but we cannot now just leave them to the whim of the market.“Without major state intervention and a change in the way our economy operates the.
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