More than half of Britain’s adult population is now being bankrolled by the state amid warnings from the Chancellor that the furlough scheme could soon cost as much as the NHS.

Quoted in the Daily Telegraph, Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, said: “We need to swiftly move away from such colossal state involvement in employment. If numbers like these persist, it will be a recipe for serious long term stagnation and decline”.

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