UK may need bigger safety net for jobless after lockdown - IMF

Britain should consider increasing its unemployment benefits to help get people into the kind of work that is likely to be in demand after the coronavirus lockdown, the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund said.Gita Gopinath told lawmakers in Britain's parliament on Wednesday that the first priority for governments was to scale back gradually their support programmes for workers affected by the COVID-19 crisis, including state job retention schemes.Then, as governments seek to get