Alok Sharma - The Government's Song And Dance Man

I think you've answered your own question

governments song and dance man
who doesn't sing or dance,

About time Cleverly and Kwarteng put in a shift.
"Some people are saying that Hancock is out of his depth. I'm not saying that Hancock is out of his depth, but some people are saying it"

he's also another Hobbit. There is quite a worrying trend appearing amongst Cabinet members. They need to get JRM up to the bandstand & put some height on the subject

what are you doing to help care homes in this crisis , answer " im furloughing staff "   

do you think anyone of them will ever answer a question? that minchin this morning totally bottled it when handcock stared her down and just kept repeating the same sh1te. its the same interviewers everytime and non of them have the bottle

all prearranged or they wouldn't appear

I didn’t Ashley listen to what he said today but he usually comes across in a clam and reassuring.

It would be nice to have the Home Secretary at the podium to explain the law. Labour need to take control of the situation and have a daily press briefing and explain to the public what they would do to make things better and also what the Government are doing wrong.

NOTSOCLEVERLY,KWASI,ZWARSI,TRUZZ,REES MUGG ETC,ETC have allegedly  not slept since they got out of nappies at the tought of the uk spending 13 billion a year on the EU,you can hardly expect them to make an appearance when sunaks been cheered to the rafters for spending 100 billion in 4 months for people to stay in bed,

Comrade Rishi

when employers are asked to pay part of wages at end of july and 10,s of thousands are laid off instead,what today is quaintly known as furlough ,will in future be known as the largest  dole payouts in the world

Adam Boulton used the term "zombie jobs" today during a discussion of business matters.
And the sad reality is that there are many such jobs out there, the tapering off of the furlough scheme will accelerate a huge number of redundancies.

Are employers being asked to stump up?

They will be, details not yet provided, but in the post.
At that point, big decisions will be required by employers and there will not be good outcomes for many employees.

I am of the opinion that the furlough remains at 80% Government paid until October but Employers can bring back worker part time in which case the Govt will pay 60% and the Employer 20% of the weekly furloughed wage.

Whilst I laud the efforts of the Chancellor on this one I am not sure it has been thought through.

Many Employers will have to contend with serious health and safety concerns and more importantly legal and financial liabilities so why risk it for now?

Many employees are still scared and may not want to go back to work. Where do they stand legally?

Many employers have built up debt and if business is not back to normal in society how will they restore income?

As stated before I think this scheme has now been adapted to prevent mass redundancies for now but also to distract criticism of the Governments handling of this crisis as hundreds of thousands may be losing their jobs and priorities will be looking forward not back.

Again I say the furlough has saved many in the short term but at what cost? We need to get back to work but why would we if we are on 80%? It is an unholy mess.If garden centres, construction, DIY, transport and outdoor jobs were left to continue we would not be at this current situation. Why will some go back to work while others sit at home and of course there are those genuinely scared and others shielding vulnerable. We are in dudu!

The return of Alok. How close will he get to answering a question?

needs Gandolf to give him a leg up

will it cost the government in redundancy payments?

looks like the pharms have had a word about the "vaccine"

May 13, 2020 -- 9:47AM, Whisperingdeath wrote:

I am of the opinion that the furlough remains at 80% Government paid until October but Employers can bring back worker part time in which case the Govt will pay 60% and the Employer 20% of the weekly furloughed wage.Whilst I laud the efforts of the Chancellor on this one I am not sure it has been thought through.Many Employers will have to contend with serious health and safety concerns and more importantly legal and financial liabilities so why risk it for now?Many employees are still scared and may not want to go back to work. Where do they stand legally?Many employers have built up debt and if business is not back to normal in society how will they restore income?As stated before I think this scheme has now been adapted to prevent mass redundancies for now but also to distract criticism of the Governments handling of this crisis as hundreds of thousands may be losing their jobs and priorities will be looking forward not back.Again I say the furlough has saved many in the short term but at what cost? We need to get back to work but why would we if we are on 80%? It is an unholy mess.If garden centres, construction, DIY, transport and outdoor jobs were left to continue we would not be at this current situation. Why will some go back to work while others sit at home and of course there are those genuinely scared and others shielding vulnerable. We are in dudu!

Are you not assessing the situation as it stands today, rather than at the end of June? It's going to be increasingly difficult for the 'scared' argument to stand up if the direction of all the signals continue in the same direction. When test track and trace is up and running, with or without the app, that should expedite the falls. People will need to be be laid off so ultimately some with have to choose between going back or redundancy, as furlough is at employer discretion.

I believe that's why Rishi is attaching a cost of the scheme to the employer in some way.