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<p>Throughout the pandemic, the government has sought to protect people’s jobs and
livelihoods while also supporting businesses and public services across the UK. To
do this, the government has put in place a package of support which will provide businesses
and individuals with certainty over the coming months, even as measures to prevent
further spread of the virus change. The cumulative cost to the government of the support
has been £352 billion since the start of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks to people’s
hard work and sacrifice, supported by the success of the initial stages of the vaccine
rollout, there is now a path to reopening the economy. We will continue to take a
flexible but cautious approach as we review restrictions, and as measures to control
the virus change it is right that government support should also evolve. Because of
this, we will keep all impacts and policies under review.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure
that individuals and businesses have time to plan as the economy reopens in line with
the easing of restrictions, schemes such as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme,
the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, business grants and loans, and business
rates and VAT relief are continuing beyond the end of the Roadmap.</p>
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