I think many people are unaware of the number of workers in this country who are not given a work contract, are on zero hours arrangements and are paid below the minimum wage.
This is a crime. As is theft, injuring someone, domestic abuse etc. is it being suggested that if the government doesn't hunt out every criminal and prosecute them they are complicit in the crime?
Three local food businesses have closed in my area, but for different reasons, the turkey farmer rented his land and the land was wanted back for housebuilding, ill health and staff shortages contributed to one and energy costs and rocketing wages as businesses fought to find trained staff did for the other.
During lockdown DD got paid furlough money, but her employer eventually went down as a direct consequence of Brexit. They were part of the process that got money from the EU Horizon Scientific research fund to research centres in the UK and as we know, despite promises, it is only in the last few months that the UK has finally agreed re-access to these funds. That delay put hundreds of researchers out of jobs.
All these silly 'class' descriptions. Could someone tell me exactly what makes someone 'working' or 'middle' class.
What about my self-employed kitchen fitter, whom we know well. He, like many other local tradesmen lives in a large and pleasant house, has holidays abroad and a good standard of living, not very different to my children who are in academia and management consultancy and could not afford to buy his house.
