given previous policies, quite often the amounts might dip ? announcement might come at the end of the week and then it comes into effect the next. this policy has been going on now for eight months and we know over 2000 people have stayed in quarantine hotels since the policy was introduced butjust because there happens to be no country is on there happens to be no country is on the red list does not mean that the red list policy is scrapped and it could be that the government decides to keep the policy and save the opportunity to add countries to the list if it feels the global situation has changed. thanks for “oininr situation has changed. thanks for joining us- the chancellor has been defending his budget, saying the government was investing in public services, future growth and people s skills and prioritising those on the lowest incomes. but a leading economic think tank has predicted that millions of people in the uk will be worse off in the short term due to tax increases