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UK tears up laws to help struggling businesses to stay afloat amid coronavirus

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Bankruptcy laws and other legislation will be changed in the coming weeks to help struggling businesses after the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced today.

At a Downing Street press conference held by Business Secretary Alok Sharma and NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis it was pledged that measures would be introduced to help companies on the verge of insolvency.

Also during the press conference Prof Powis warned the UK would 'do well' to keep the death toll in the country from the pandemic below 20,000.

Mr Powis said: "The number of deaths that arise out of this epidemic in the UK, if it's less than 20,000 as Sir Patrick Vallance (the government's chief scientific adviser) said that would be a good result - although

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