How do you suppress COVID-19 but prevent economic disaster? | 23 September 2020

Less than a day after Boris Johnson addressed the nation with a new set of restrictions, the UK reported its highest number of coronavirus cases since May. <br /><br />In order to decide exactly which measures to use, the government had to weigh up factors - crucially, how to suppress the virus but also stop the UK from falling into an economic crisis.<br /><br />In this episode, Sophy Ridge discussed this with GP and health campaigner Dr Louise Irvine, and Alfie Stirling, director of research & chief economist at the New Economic Foundation.<br /><br />Sky’s economic editor Ed Conway also joins us to analyse the data and examine what lies ahead.<br /><br />Daily podcast team:<br /><br />Podcast producer - Annie Joyce<br /><br />Podcast producer - Nicola Eyers<br /><br />Assistant producer: Emma Woodhouse<br /><br />Interviews producers - Oli Foster<br /><br />Interviews producers - Tatiana Alderson<br /><br />Interviews producers - Megan Coutts<br /><br />Archive - Simon Windsor<br /><br />Music - Steven Wheeler