I thought a bit more, and asked a couple of people, about why the charity sector only got a £750m bailout when it asked for £4bn. Blog here: https://medium.com/@daveainsworth1976/why-was-the-chancellor-so-reluctant-to-bail-out-charities-2085ba5b721e">https://medium.com/@daveains...

Another answer to this - and a very convincing one - is that it’s largely down to the Treasury habit of automatically saying “No” to everyone - and that this is largely driven by fear of fraud.