I think there was a big problem with today's Downing Street press conference. Not just Sharma but more importantly the lady from the NHS - I don't think she was anything like as good a comm… (View Post)

The cost of Sunak's schemes will be a tiny fraction of the Universal Basic Income suggestion. Impossible to give a precise estimate but seems quite likely that if this only goes on for 3 months … (View Post)

Four more weeks to file a tax return seems overly generous when any such person is already almost two months late. If people are at home with nothing to do then surely no excuse for not doing it imme… (View Post)

Sunak needs to get his scheme up and running quickly so that the self-employed don't need to claim Universal Credit. Otherwise there will be confusion with self-employed getting an "80% pay… (View Post)

Beth Rigby (Sky News) in a packaged report (ie not said off the cuff) just said there are 1.7 million self-employed people in the UK. Basic common sense would suggest that figure has to be too low - … (View Post)