Ministers must come up with a bailout for pubs or 19,000 will have to shut due to lockdown, MPs warn. Chancellor Rishi Sunak is urged to provide “tailored support” so they could survive the Covid-19 crisis.
MPs from the Tory, Labour, Scottish National, Lib Dem, Plaid Cymru and Green parties have backed the move. Their letter says: “Pubs face a unique combination of challenges.
They are the least likely to be able to offer their products for delivery or online. “They are highly dependent on property and any continuation of social distancing measures is likely to make it difficult or impossible to reopen or operate on a scale that breaks even. “Pubs have also been identified by the Government as being amongst the last businesses that will be