2020 March 03

Half a percentage point off interest rates has never yet stopped a virus and it won’t touch this one

Posted on March 3 2020

The Fed has cut interest rates by 0.5%. No doubt the Bank of England will do something similar sometime soon. And both are pushing on
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They have very long memories and no sense of contrition in the Isle of Man

Posted on March 3 2020

They have long memories on the Isle of Man. As the Isle of Man Today website (which is the main news outlet for the island)
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The government’s ill preparedness for deficit management might make a coronavirus epidemic much harder to manage than need be the case

Posted on March 3 2020

As the FT has noted this morning: Rishi Sunak has vowed to take “firm action to support families, businesses and the public services” in response to
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Every worker needs immediate access to sick pay during a pandemic

Posted on March 3 2020

The TUC has issued this appeal for support for workers who will suffer financial penalties for self isolating for coronavirus picking up a theme I
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