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Three-quarters of Britons believe that 2021 will be a better year than 2020, a new poll has found. <br>Despite the optimism, Ipsos Mori research also found that 43 per cent of Britons are worried that financial markets will crash as the world continues to battle <br>The poll found that seven in ten people said 2020 was bad for them and their families, while a stunning 96 per cent said the year had been a bad one for [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-giang-cao-nguyen-da-dong-van-3-ngay-2-dem.html tour hà giang] Britain. <br>However, the newly found [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] [http://wordpress.org/search/vaccine vaccine] gave a boost to some, with the overall outlook for 2021 the most optimistic seen in any of the last seven years.<br>The survey questioned 1,000 adults and compared attitudes in Britain with 30 other countries. <br> <br> <br>Ipsos Mori's Sarah Castell said: ‘After a very tough year, the majority of people globally are [https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/optimistic optimistic] that 2021 will be better.<br>‘However, the predictions reveal warnings about the future, in areas like the economy, in climate change, our mental health and income inequality.' <br>Among those warnings, just 32 per cent believe that life in Britain will return to normal in 2021 and just over a tenth think the economy will recover. <br>A third also fear there will be another pandemic from a new virus. <br> RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-9093571/Healthy-man-56-caught-coronavirus-forced-half-leg-amputated.html 'Healthy' man, 56, who caught coronavirus is forced to have...] [/news/article-9093427/Ambulance-trust-bosses-tell-paramedics-NOT-Brighton-hospitals-offer-Covid-jab.html Fury as ambulance trust bosses 'tell paramedics NOT to take...] <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>Two-thirds of people in Britain say it is unlikely the economy will recover in 2021 - which is the most pessimistic outlook of 31 nations surveyed. <br>It comes after experts warned unemployment will surge to 7.5 per cent, putting 2.6million people out of work, when the furlough scheme ends in the spring.<br>The Office for Budget Responsibility said that the tens of billions spent on the job retention scheme and billions more spent on business loans and grants had fended off a catastrophe this year.<br>But it warned of a potential cliff edge when they come to an end in the spring, with the Chancellor [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-ha-giang-cao-nguyen-da-dong-van-3-ngay-2-dem.html tour du lịch hà giang] in his spending review today offering no suggestion that the schemes would be extended.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>UK unemployment is currently 4.8 per cent and the OBR forecast suggests it will take until the latter half of the decade to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels - at the earliest.<br>The coronavirus pandemic led to temporary shop closures, social distancing and dwindling tourist numbers, which all weighed on UK towns and cities.<br>A raft of retailers cut jobs, closed stores and secured restructuring deals to survive.<br><br>However, for some companies, none of these measures were sufficient to preserve their place on the high street.<br>Lots of famous retailers are currently in administration with the fate of their bricks and mortar stores unclear.<br>This includes Debenhams, Peacocks, Jaeger, Edinburgh Woollen Mill and the members of Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group: Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, Burton and Miss Selfridge.<br>
