RE: Lloy18 Mar 2020 12:00
I agree totally with what your saying George,after all this the government has to get a grip with the so called gig economy that's paying little or no tax because of loop holes,ban zero hours contracts & scam self employment all this has done is create jobs of no wealth people that would not have any spare cash to help through this emergency.
My job has suffered because of this,i drive a London Taxi & this emergency has shown up the fault lines,Cabs are being backed to the garages,i'm told one had 35 electric cabs returned yesterday,the likes of Uber are bare bones cheap because the fare charged is not the true charge its subsidised by investors by i think 50% & they don't pay Vat ,that's why the tax man want's 1.5 billion in back vat off them,most drivers are migrant drivers on tax credits & various support,it is not only my sector that has been screwed it's almost (excuse the pun)gone viral .
The government must be ****ting themselves at the moment,i know that the preparations being put in place the met are worried as T May closed so many police stations & with a possible brake down of society in May there's very few cell's in London to put prisoners .
My job was one of the first to be affected by this new world,now it looks like everyone is going to be affected by the fall out of it,globalisation is i believe now dead & free markets really now need looking at,it's all gonna change.