I am whacked, again, tonight so I have little energy left to cover the support for the self-employed tonight. The more definitive eligibility details of
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More information on the coronavirus job retention scheme
This has just been published by Dr Luke Evan MP and must have come from somewhere in authority. I can answer no questions on this:
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Food prices are going to rise without rationing and price controls
This is what is happening in the wheat futures market: Prices are rising because of consumer panic buying and threats to markets, including the closing
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If Sunak wants businesses to take loans to get through this crisis he has to back them with 100% government guarantees – because nothing else will work
As Politics Home has reported this morning, the government is very upset that banks are not providing the loans to failing businesses that they thought
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Funding for the self employed during the coronavirus crisis: hopes are raised and I hope they’re met
There is widespread reporting this morning that the government will today be announcing new funding arrangements for the self-employed for the duration of the coronavirus
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The government is going to beat coronavirus using modern monetary theory
Last night Gary Gibbon of Channel 4 News reported that the Coronavirus Emergency Bill included an increase in the UK government contingency fund for unexpected
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