The Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that The Chancellor of the Exchequer will have to borrow £300bn to pay for the economic actions taken to address Covid-19. [1] A freeze of public sector workers would be a snub to those workers who risked their own lives and lives of their families to keep us all safe and society ticking over in these unprecedented times. Public sector workers should not have to bear the brunt of the UKs economic recovery actions when revenue from Tax Avoidance actions taken by large corporations would provide annual and sustainable increases in funds available to the UK government. Profits for large corporations should be capped until the money borrowed to support them during Covid-19 has been repaid in full. In 2018 Netflix clocked up worldwide revenues of $20bn and by our reckoning around £1.1bn of that will have been from subscribers in the UK. However, they received a Tax Credit form the UK government. [2] Amazon is not required to publish the accounts of its UK branch, meaning it is impossible to scrutinise the amount of tax it pays on profits generated here. However, it has a UK-based logistics arm, Amazon UK Services, which paid £4.6m in corporation tax in 2017 on reported profits of £80m. [3] In 2017 Starbucks paid tax equivalent to 2.8%. This equates to $5.9 million on a profit of $213 million. [4] The tax rate on corporate profits in 2017 was 19 per cent. [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/05/12/exclusive-treasury-blueprint-raise-taxes-freeze-wages-pay-300bn/ [2] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/netflix-corporation-tax-uk-avoidance-analysis-a9315456.html [3] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/jeremy-corbyn-attacks-amazon-tax-avoidance-a8989726.html [4] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-19/starbucks-paid-2-8-effective-u-k-tax-last-year-ft-reports

Many thousands of woman are single with low income or no income when we hit 60!

It is important because everyday frontline workers everywhere are going out to work and are put in a hazardous life changing danger ! At least pay them what they deserve

There are so many of us who have fallen through THE HUGE GAP of the self-employed income support scheme (SEISS) because we were either; not self-employed during 2018/19, or our self-employed earnings were less than 50% of our employed and self-employed earnings, combined in 2018/19. if the eligibility doesn't take into consideration self-employed profit (earnings) for 2019/20, then why can't this category of self-employed people have financial support based on their tax paid earnings during 2018/19, if they were self-employed during 2019/20 and still intending to trade in 2020/21. Just like the millions of self-employed people who will be eligible for the SEISS, and calculated based on their profit (earnings) of up to £50k in 2018/19 - this category of people don't have to have submitted their 2019/20 self-assessment to qualify for the SEISS; how does HMRC even know if they were even trading in 2019/20. I went full-time self-employed early 2019 and my taxable profits, after business expenses were just shy of £11,000. I intend to trade again as soon as possible in 2020/21. More frustratingly, I paid tax on £32000 in 2018/19 for my employed AND self-employed earnings combined, but I am not eligible to claim the SEISS because my self-employed earnings on their own for 2018/19, were less than 50% of my over-all earnings, and they're not taking into consideration 2019/20 profit (earnings)! How is this right or fair on the 1000's of people who fall into the same category as me? It's simply outrageous and the treasury needs to step up, re-think and support us too. Many of us will have been paying tax and national insurance on our earnings for most of our adult lives which could be as long as 40 years + and therefore contributing to the state, but when we need help the most, the state is abandoning us. The only other options for self-employed in this 'in limbo category' is to take out some kind of government backed loan, if indeed you can get one, BUT that has to be paid back. Yet millions of businesses are able to pay their furloughed staff up to 80% of their salary, regardless if they have been employed for 1 month or 20 years of their lives as at 19 March 2020 - They will NOT HAVE TO PAY THIS MONEY BACK. Millions of self-employed who are eligible for the SEISS, will be able to get up to £2500 per month for 3 months based on their profits (earnings) for 2018/19 - They will NOT HAVE TO PAY THIS MONEY BACK. The government have encouraged people to become entrepreneurs over recent years, which has positively contributed to the reduction in the unemployment rate, and now, many of us feel abandoned and had this thrown back in our faces. I'm sure, like me, 1000's of people have worked hard to get their businesses off the ground, with things starting to take off before COVID-19 hit us and we need something to be done to help us in order to stay afloat during these very difficult times.

A cat may not have good road sentence but after all , it’s still a living animal , some pet and part of the family . It’s unfair that people get away with this , as it’s very upsetting to lose a pet

These business will not survive unless they get the grant

Carer's are risking their lives to help people that are dying from the Coronavirus and they should be supported when they get sick themselves.

The Government has used warlike terminology throughout this crisis and should now do what it would do after a violent war by remembering all those who gave their lives for their fellow citizens, and holding a rememberance service once a year like the one we currently have at the Cenotaph.

Rough sleepers deserve a roof over their heads just like all other members of society. The problem of rough sleeping is only likely to get worse in the future with the forthcoming recession/depression

This behaviour indentifies senior managers who are not focused on the best interests of the Health Authority and its staff, but on hiding their own failings https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52671814

The rules of the JRS state that to qualify for the furlough grant, new employees must have been recorded with HMRC by 19 March 2020 and, therefore, an employee must have been paid on the 6 March 2020 pay day. Many employers believed that this deadline would change and employees whose first pay was within the 1st of April would be included. However, the Chancellor confirmed on 12 May 2020 that there would be no change to this approach, and HMRC have now finalised their guidance in this area. Now, a lot of workers that have just changed their jobs or started a new job are not eligible under JRS are not receiving any pay as it is not possible for some companies to sustain furlough payments without the support of the JRS. Please sign for employee rights!

Rough sleeping is the most visible form of homelessness, and is a huge problem in the UK. In 2019, 4,266 individuals were recorded as rough sleeping, following the street counts. This was an increase of 165% compared with 2010 figures. As the street counts are only conducted during one night in November, many individuals are miss-counted. Therefore, the true extent of rough sleeping is unknown. The individuals who are miss-counted, are 'the hidden homeless'. Sleeping on the streets is no way to live, and it shouldn’t be happening in 2020. For example, it has been found by the NHS, that sleeping rough has detrimental effects on both mental, and physical health, which is also proving costly to the health services. In order to reduce the strain on the health services, rough sleepers in the UK need to be housed in some form of accommodation, that is fit for living in. Doing so could help re-introduce these vulnerable individuals into society, which could have significant economic benefits within the UK. Individuals rough sleeping are human too, and deserve to be treated in the same respect as the rest of society. Rough sleeping is an issue which is repeatedly swept under the carpet, and is not going away. We need to act fast to deliver homes to individuals rough sleeping, and in turn eliminate rough sleeping in the UK.