Chancellor Rishi Sunak is hoping its third time lucky with his latest post-furlough scheme plans. First he argued that no replacement for the furlough scheme was needed on 1 November. Then, as pressure grew, at the end of September he proposed a “Job Support Scheme”, which was more like an unemployment creation scheme. Now, the original […]
Barnett Formula
“The essential pre-requisite for the review of the fiscal settlement is that the proposals being put forward should be public knowledge, and should be subject to thorough public scrutiny before they are agreed. Unless this happens, then the danger is that Whitehall will continue with its neo-colonial tricks.”