#Furlough

Maternity Action

MaternityAction

Very good to see @steve_mccabe MP raise the issue of #COVID19 guidance to employers of pregnant women with @DWP ministers @mimsdavies & @willquince in this morning's @CommonsWorkPen evidence session >https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Ind

Sharon Hodgson MP

SharonHodgsonMP

Today @UKLabour have tabled an Opposition Day debate on extending Free School Meals over the holidays. Despite chairing the All-Party Parliamentary Group on School Food for over a decade and

Torsten Bell

TorstenBell

Chancellor's Job Support Scheme is a big deal that will (temporarily) stem but not halt the rise in unemployment coming. A thread... This is basically an extension and reformatting of

Ed Conway

EdConwaySky

It’s v fashionable here on Twitter to scoff at @borisjohnson’s allusions to FDR and his New Deal. Yet the reality is the government is set to borrow more this year

Danny Kruger

danny__kruger

HM Treasury has done an incredible job to rescue the formal economy: most businesses, workers & self-employed have had a lifeline. The biggest gap now - and it stretches right

Minneapolis Fed

MinneapolisFed

.@FedIndianCenter and @ncaied recently surveyed tribal member businesses in #IndianCountry to better understand #COVID19’s impact. Findings show the pandemic’s continuing devastating effects in Indian Country. 1/7 Over 80% of survey

S M I T H

TJiMTS

The Jobs Retention Scheme / furlough scheme is amazing. I don't think people really get it, they just see it as big businesses being 'bailed out' by the government.Let me

Resolution Foundation

resfoundation

Today, the Government’s public health guidance is set to shift from encouraging people back to the office to working from home if they can. So, what have we learnt about

Kevin Quigley

quigdes

Seeing a bit of blowback on Twitter about "money grabbing small businesses".Let's have a reality check on the majority of small and micro businesses. I'll lead by example.My small business

TRUST🍥

ReclaimTRUST

The infamous Dark money think tank.IEA's own advisor accuses it of ‘hiding’ behind charity law to lobby.Any comment @MarkJLittlewood?https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/dark-money-think-tanks-own-advisor-accus

Diane Swonk

DianeSwonk

Incomes surge, spending plummets and the saving rate hits a record breaking 33% in April. Income from all of the stimulus checks, tax saving and UI support - much of

Dr Ali FitzGibbon

Fitzali

1st Min @DUPleader talking about importance of arts/culture on @BBCgmu this AM, said the package was proof of value of being in the UK. £1.57billion is being dispensed £1.57bn comprises:£1.15bn

Martyn McLaughlin

MartynMcL

EXCL Donald Trump’s flagship international resort claimed up to half a million pounds in UK taxpayers’ money via a Covid-19 job fund - despite making scores of redundancies during the

fungible matt camp

mattiecamp

In terms of being a profitable business, Liverpool FC are closer to zero profit than top of the UK by orders of magnitude. Even top football clubs have precarious cashflows

Luke Morgan

LukeMorgan92

Two weeks out of lockdown seems as good a time as any to reflect on my collecting and spending habits over the past year or so.With pubs, football, shops and

Sarah

sarbucks

During my furlough, I've decided to spend a little time each day working on my hip mobility, which has suffered from years of working at a computer. But doing the