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Hardship may await millions of Americans if pandemic financial assistance is not replaced. Stephanie Freed is a freelance lighting designer who is out of work and whose additional government funds are scheduled to end in December, and discusses how she has had to rely on savings to make ends meet. Andrew Stettner is a senior fellow at policy organisation The Century Foundation in Washington DC, and explains that if nothing is done now, it could take a month after January's presidential inauguration to get new assistance in place under a Biden administration. And Maya McGuineas of the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget makes the case for a measure of compromise between Democrats and Republicans. Also in the programme, with fashion retail empire Arcadia potentially on the brink of collapse, we examine the implications for the 13,000 workers employed in its stores. Plus, as leading diamond producer De Beers outlines new social and environmental goals, including achieving gender parity by 2030, we find out more from company executive Mpumi Zikalala.