Coronavirus: Business Secretary Alok Sharma fires broadside at UK banks

Business Secretary Alok Sharma today fired a broadside at UK banks as he warned them it would be ‘completely unacceptable’ to ‘unfairly refuse’ loans for coronavirus-hit firms.  The government previously set out the terms of a bailout for businesses to allow them to access money in order to stay afloat.  But many firms have detailed … Read more

Coronavirus: Business Secretary Alok Sharma fires broadside at UK banks

Business Secretary Alok Sharma today fired a broadside at UK banks as he warned them it would be ‘completely unacceptable’ to ‘unfairly refuse’ loans for coronavirus-hit firms.  The government previously set out the terms of a bailout for businesses to allow them to access money in order to stay afloat.  But many firms have detailed … Read more

Nearly a million Britons try to claim Universal Credit over two week period

Nearly a million Britons try to claim Universal Credit over two week period after huge surge in ex workers applying for support amid coronavirus crisis Around 880,000 people applied for Universal Credit in a two week period This is significantly above the 100,000 applications normally made in a fortnight Labour MP Stephen Timms said some … Read more

Nearly a million Britons try to claim Universal Credit over two week period

Nearly a million Britons try to claim Universal Credit over two week period after huge surge in ex workers applying for support amid coronavirus crisis Around 880,000 people applied for Universal Credit in a two week period This is significantly above the 100,000 applications normally made in a fortnight Labour MP Stephen Timms said some … Read more

Nearly a FIFTH of UK firms could shut within four weeks

Nearly a FIFTH of UK firms could shut within four weeks: Up to a million small to medium companies face ruin because banks are ‘refusing to give them government-backed loans’ Bosses complained they had been refused loans for not meeting the criteria Others said they couldn’t get through or phone or told money would take weeks … Read more

Nearly a FIFTH of UK firms could shut within four weeks

Nearly a FIFTH of UK firms could shut within four weeks: Up to a million small to medium companies face ruin because banks are ‘refusing to give them government-backed loans’ Bosses complained they had been refused loans for not meeting the criteria Others said they couldn’t get through or phone or told money would take weeks … Read more

Ex-Cabinet minister David Davis slams Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘tax raid’ on self-employed

Ex-Cabinet minister David Davis slams Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘tax raid’ on the self-employed to fund coronavirus bailout Chancellor Rishi Sunak suggests tax hike to pay self-employed coronavirus aid Mr Davis said putting taxes up for self-employed would be ‘final straw’ for many Tory sources say up to 50 Conservative MPs could back rebellion led by … Read more

Ex-Cabinet minister David Davis slams Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘tax raid’ on self-employed

Ex-Cabinet minister David Davis slams Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘tax raid’ on the self-employed to fund coronavirus bailout Chancellor Rishi Sunak suggests tax hike to pay self-employed coronavirus aid Mr Davis said putting taxes up for self-employed would be ‘final straw’ for many Tory sources say up to 50 Conservative MPs could back rebellion led by … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Who has Boris Johnson been in contact with?

Where did Boris Johnson catch coronavirus… and who did he infect? How PM came into close contact with politicians and health chiefs over past 10 days before testing positive By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 12:56 GMT, 27 March 2020 | Updated: 16:03 GMT, 27 March 2020 Boris Johnson has been in close contact with … Read more

Rishi Sunak has made it abundantly clear about coronavirus aid packages… he wants it all back 

SIMON WALTERS: Mr Moneybags Rishi Sunak has made it abundantly clear about coronavirus aid packages… he wants it all back By Simon Walters for the Daily Mail Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 02:45 GMT, 27 March 2020 During his six weeks as Chancellor, the sight of Rishi Sunak standing at the Downing … Read more