FlyTheNest

Liberal Democrats and Green party on the London Assembly have been pushing for a trial of the UBI scheme, in which the state would grant all citizens a set sum of money on a regular basis, regardless of economic status.

However, speaking to the Assembly’s economy committee on Tuesday, Bailey said the idea needed to take “human condition” into account.

He said: “I’ve been a youth worker for over 20 years. I know some people would absolutely fly if you gave them a lump sum to deal with every week. I know some people who would buy lots of drugs. So where is the care in this, where is the care for the person? How do you get past just universally giving people money?”

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Blue heart
@DrRosena
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Have test and trace found the person with the Brazil variant yet?

If not, here’s an idea:
All those private consultants getting paid up to £7k a day, get them out searching until the person is found.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:In a good way, hopefully?

During the 2016 referendum campaign Boris Johnson and Vote Leave said that, if the UK left the EU, VAT on fuel would go. Fuel duty has been frozen in this budget, but - like other Brexit promises - the pledge to scrap VAT on fuel seems to have vanished.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Well was that "freeports" gimmick the rabbit out of the hat we were tipped off about? Slightly underwhelming if so.

gilsey wrote:I'm amused by the traditional red box photo, untraditionally taken on the stairs in No 11, which of course will be entirely unrelated to fact that the standard pavement lineup shows how tiny Sunak is, particularly standing next to Steve Barclay.

Sky'sGoneOut wrote:While all eyes have been on Sunak I've been watching Sturgeon, she's batting off her interrogators with ease and it looks like she's going to get away with it scot free (if you'll pardon the pun). Those hoping for her downfall are in for a disappointment. Love her or loathe her she's impressive performer.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:No killer blows today I agree, but its far from over.

Chris Cook
@xtophercook
Freeports are going to create a lot of innovative new lines of work for the police and HMRC.
1:27 PM · Mar 3, 2021·Twitter Web App

To create a world class education system.

To keep our streets safe.

To keep our NHS strong.

To support the most vulnerable.

To reform and improve public services.

he has taken a further step to repair the damage to the public finances in the final three years of the forecast by raising the headline corporation tax rate, freezing personal tax allowances and thresholds, and taking around £4 billion a year more off annual departmental spending plans, raising a total of £31.8 billion in 2025-26.

Q: Are you worried about taking the tax burden to its highest level since Roy Jenkins was chancellor? (See 2.19pm.)

Sunak says we have not had to deal with a pandemic since then.

And he says he is using the money to fund strong public services

Paul Johnson
@PJTheEconomist
This from
@OBR_UK
is spot on. Spending plans from 2022 include precisely nothing for dealing with additional pressures arising from the pandemic, of which there are plenty. In fact they involve spending cuts relative to pre-pandemic plans. Is that really credible?

Steve Peers
@StevePeers
EU reacts to latest UK unilateral measures re the Northern Ireland protocol. States that they are a breach of the withdrawal agreement and that it will react using the "legal means" in that agreement and the Brexit deal.

The Prime Minister
We are going to get on with our agenda of delivering for the people of this country and spending more than virtually any other country in the world—by the way, spending more, still, than virtually any other country in the G7—on aid. It is a record of which this country can be proud. Given the difficulties that this country faces, I think that the people of this country will think that we have got our priorities right.

The right hon. and learned Gentleman cannot work out what his priorities are. One minute he is backing us on the road map; the next week he is turning his back on us. He cannot even address a question on the issues of the hour. He could have asked anything about the coronavirus pandemic; instead, he has consecrated his questions entirely to the interests of the people of Yemen. We are doing everything we can to support the people of Yemen given the constraints that we face. We are getting on with a cautious but irreversible road map to freedom, which I hope that he will support. Very shortly, Mr Speaker, you will be hearing a Budget for recovery.

Mr Speaker
I think I already know most of it.