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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Daily: PAYE Up For Freelancers, Sunak

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

When Chancellor Rishi Sunak doled out taxpayers’ money on free Wagamamas, he failed more than 3 million people who have received no financial support from the Government whatsoever. Broadcaster turned campaigner Ellie Phillips tells Naomi Smith about the plight of PAYE freelancers who are ineligible for furlough, and the work she’s doing with campaign group Forgotten PAYE who want parity for the self employed. “This goes through every single profession in the country.” “Nearly 2.5 million have fallen through the gaps in income support.” “The Government talks about levelling-up, but this is the ultimate levelling-down” “Sunak is pushing people into poverty and punishing those who create jobs… it just makes no sense.” Presented by Naomi Smith. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofrenijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

My name is Stan. I'm at. Nice to meet you. So you took up photography where? I've always loved

0:05.5

photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

0:11.8

Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

0:13.0

I loved going to college.

0:14.0

It's good you can retrain and do something.

0:16.0

Yeah, yeah.

0:17.0

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0:22.0

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0:30.0

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0:32.0

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0:36.7

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0:55.3

look after theirs with dental life. Pick up dental life in the pet food aisle. Hello and welcome back to the bunker daily I'm Naomi Smith.

1:11.6

Now of course this year much of the COVID-19 focus has

1:15.6

understandably been on the health aspect of the pandemic and government

1:20.2

responses to it. But while Johnson has come under much fire for Britain having amongst the worst

1:25.9

global per capita mortality and infection rates and has had to isolate himself after

1:30.8

exposure to the virus on more than one occasion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has got off comparatively lightly.

1:38.0

The lesser spoken about crisis of 2020 is one of wealth not health and in particular the wealth of

1:45.8

those who have fallen through the cracks in government support.

1:48.8

While Sunak shot to prominence this year offering many of us half-priced wagger mamas and other

1:54.7

sweeties, he has spectacularly failed more than 3 million people in the UK who have had no financial

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