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Ministers have expressed unbridled fury to the Home Office at heavy-handed policing by some forces
They say it risks “civil disobedience on a mass scale putting thousands of lives at risk”
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They say it risks “civil disobedience on a mass scale putting thousands of lives at risk”
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Concerns that the chancellor's economic package has FTSE 100 firms "walking around in I 
Rishi t-shirts", but millions have fallen through the cracks and thousands of SMEs could go bust
Estimates that UK GDP could shrink by 25% in Q2 are “not crazy” https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings
Rishi t-shirts", but millions have fallen through the cracks and thousands of SMEs could go bustEstimates that UK GDP could shrink by 25% in Q2 are “not crazy” https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings
Main area of criticism of economic response is CBILS
HMT tell BuzzFeed News they've made £453 million worth of loans for 2,500 firms
But comparable scheme in Switzerland has loaned £10 billion to 76,034 businesses https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings
HMT tell BuzzFeed News they've made £453 million worth of loans for 2,500 firms
But comparable scheme in Switzerland has loaned £10 billion to 76,034 businesses https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings
Tory MPs want Sunak to extend wages scheme
— Fears 1000s of new starters missed the cut off point
— uncertainty over how long scheme will last means firms laying off staff
— But HMT worried it simply doesn't have the money for an endless bailout https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings
— Fears 1000s of new starters missed the cut off point
— uncertainty over how long scheme will last means firms laying off staff
— But HMT worried it simply doesn't have the money for an endless bailout https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings
Also fears that millions of self-employed workers will be unable to pay their bills
Many self-employed people have revenues of tens of thousands of pounds per year but profits of just a few thousand, leaving them with a paltry sum from the govt https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings
Many self-employed people have revenues of tens of thousands of pounds per year but profits of just a few thousand, leaving them with a paltry sum from the govt https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/coronavirus-health-politics-economics-johnson-cummings
