More long-term thinking is needed to protect the UK economy

Stop-start policies are harming UK plc and the fight against Covid-19. Rishi Sunak needs to plan ahead now

What a difference a matter of weeks makes - in that little time England has gone from eat out to help out to the brink of national lockdown.

After a summer of positive news for the economy as lockdown measures were relaxed and optimism started to return, the autumn is looking set for a painful reprise of the events of earlier this year.