Todays budget might have left you with a bit more money in your pocket but some of the Public Services you rely on will face big Spending Cuts. So is it a vote winner . Mr chancellor of the exchequer. Cheering it was the last Spring Budget before the next election. Tonight well interrogate Whyjeremy Hunt made the announcements he did. And interrrogate one of his treasury ministers. Overall, the tax burden is going up. Correct . The tax burden is still too high, overall. Absolutely. And its going up . Well also talk to labours Campaign Chief. Well talk live to representatives of business and Public Sector workers and our Politics Panel is here to help us decode it all and tell us when we might be going to the polls. Todays was a budget that was as much about what comes next as about what comes now. Theres another 2p cut in National Insurance that will kick in soon but theres also the growing realisation that whoever wins the next election, they will face a daunting choice either oversee
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12 Jan 2021
The coronavirus lockdowns implemented by the British government will force at least a quarter of a million small businesses to shut down for good if they are not bailed out by the taxpayer, business leaders have predicted.
Over the next year, at least 250,000 are expected to go under, according to a survey conducted by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
The number of firms saying that they are on the brink of collapse is the highest since the beginning of the economic crisis caused by the Chinese coronavirus and the ensuing draconian restrictions foisted upon the public.
The figures do not represent the number of businesses which are hoping to avoid collapse by freezing their operations, laying off staff, or taking on significant debt in order to stay afloat.
$44,000 a year, your view is you could hire a college student or someone out of college? i think any business facing a $44,000 cost increase is going to look at it two ways. it either restrains your ability to increase pay for your existiexis existing employees or increases competitiveness in the market. did you believe the president when he said it wouldn t impact hiring or businesses on this way? there was a lot of rhetoric going into the discussion around the affordable care act and there were promises if you like your plan, you can keep it. if you like your doctors, you can keep it. cost would go down $2,500 a family while improving the quality of insurance. i think at the end of the day the reality is setting in and i think it was hard to envision that the law would actually be able to deliver on those many promises. do you hear from other small business owners that they had
banking firm that advises entrepreneur led businesses. i think any business facing a $44,000 cost increase is going to look at it two ways. it restrains ways to help your current employees or restrains your act to hire new employees. i think there was a lot of rhetoric going into the discussion over the last few years around the affordable care act. and there were promises about if you like your plan you can keep it and if you like your doctors you can keep it and that costs would go down $2500 a family while improving the quality of insurance. and i think at the end of the day, reality is now setting in. and i think it was hard to envision that the law would actually be able to deliver on those many promises.