UK Chancellor live now 'Furlough scheme to end'

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JOB SUPPORT SCHEME

Employers encouraged to CUT people's hours if it means they can keep their jobs.
Government to top-up employers wage bill and cover up to 2/3 of their salary
To run 6 months from November.
Self employed 'grants' to be made available.

"We are protecting millions of employees'

'Pay as you grow' government loans to small employers, repayments to last up to ten years.

'Outstanding tax bills to be spread over next ten months.'

'Increase in VAT planned for January, cancelled'.

Feel better Brits ?.......yeah me neither !

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

Sunak has constantly leaked more extreme versions of his cutbacks so that when he announces the actual policy, people are relieved cos its not as bad as expected.

Winding down the furlough scheme gradually makes sense hypothetically. Problem is they are reducing it just as the second wave is hitting.

If we had proper track and trace and if numbers were going down i would support this. However, we don't so the economy will stay depressed and unemployment will hit because business subsidies are reduced at a time when many businesses still dont have incomes.

The uk government once again 8s reactive not proactive and the people will pay the cost.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@Burnley123 EXACTLY.

gol979 · 41-45, M

@Burnley123 pro-actively impose authoritarianism on us, please we beg you. I don't care that your lies are there for everyone to see now.....I need the comforting arm of the fascist gov to make me feel safe

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@gol979 Problem will then be several million applying for universal credit; Landlords going ape because nobody will be able to pay their rent......people are going to be pushed to the point of doing something that will not be pleasant.

gol979 · 41-45, M

@Picklebobble2 all based on lies and lockdown etc

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@gol979 Right now millions of employers are sending letters of 'Thanks for your service but...' letters.
Knowing they can 'mothball' their business due to government loan.
Millions of working folk are applying for Universal Credit, knowing that even if they apply today chances are it'll be a month before they'll find out if they qualify.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@gol979 You are looking at the WRONG CONSPIRACY here!

The idea that a CONSERVATIVE government would shut down the economy, end capitalist production and destroy profits just to control people is ridiculous.

They have acted in bad faith but for different reasons. They prioritise opening up the economy early over saving lives. Granted, this is counterproductive in its owm terms and short sighted but nonetheless, their motives are clear. They also outsourced track and trace to the private sector, with disasterous results.

For a conspiracy to be plausible, it needs to understand thd motives of those in power (profit, not control for its own sake). There is no explanation for why such a pro business government would act against capitalist interests, unless they absolutely had to.

gol979 · 41-45, M

@Burnley123 all rubbish but you keep on collaborating. Gets real tedious debating the borg, who's minds have been infected by the parasite class.

You're the bourgeois. No wonder you're cheering on a working class (not just the working class) mass cull. Cheering on tighter mass surveillance. Cheering on biblical famine. Cheering on the genocide of the elderly.