{"id":4871,"date":"2020-10-16T15:53:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2020\/10\/16\/manchester-musicians-hit-out-chancellors-insulting-retraining-comments\/"},"modified":"2020-10-16T15:53:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T14:53:21","slug":"manchester-musicians-hit-out-chancellors-insulting-retraining-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/manchester-musicians-hit-out-chancellors-insulting-retraining-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester musicians hit out at Chancellor’s ‘insulting’ retraining comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester musicians have hit out at the government for suggesting people left unemployed by the Covid-19 pandemic should retrain to find work.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Rishi Sunak told ITV News<\/a> that while the government is trying to protect as many jobs as possible,  people who are struggling to get by should develop new skills.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cEveryone is finding ways to adapt and adjust to the new reality and that is what [the government is] allowing to happen, as well as providing new opportunities for people.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chancellor\u2019s statement comes at a tough time for the struggling arts and culture industry, where a third of professional musicians are considering leaving the industry, according to a recent survey by the Musician\u2019s Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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