I suppose it depends which section of society you found yourself in. There'd never been so much money sloshing around in some quarters only a couple of years later. The rest of us had to 'tighten our belts' for a decade.

Because investment returns are so low - investors are looking to find places to maximise returns - I doubt very much the monies extended to PE firms in the past will be available in the future - given that virtually every investment they have will be in special measures right now.

Salaries in the private sector have seen very slow growth despite what all the lefties on here will say - there may be big money in the city and MD of listed companies making huge salaries - these are the exception and their life span in the top job is often short.

I know, I didn't get one for 5 years, so I left the company. The people still working there are on the same wages they were on in 2008.

I agree this was changing in the last couple of years as the natural supply/demand proposition started to kick in and wages were rising - it hasn't been easy.

Ford are offering 10% on new bonds. Plenty of opportunities in a crisis, ask Farage and Rees Smug.

Having worked in the public sector, at the fore front of social care delivery, you know, personal care, getting qualifications, believing in what I do, catching illness off the people I'm looking after, going into management, back into the fore front, turning up at people's houses when everything's gone wrong, having the people I work for (not my employer in the public sector, the people who I try and sort out their lives for) for over twenty five years, it's inspiring to hear that we've been making up the lack of PPE, we're lazy, we strike at any given opportunity, it's our own fault.
Thanks.
You known what?
We'll still turn up tomorrow.
Because despite what people think this isn't about money (how many of you company owners would do this for any money.) Thatcher and politics for us, we do this because it's what we believe.
We, stupidly, believe in a fairer society.
Sorry about that.
We accept the pretty rubbish pay and I'm very grateful not to be furloughed, but we're still out there every day, we don't want clapping on the door step, but is there any chance people could stop telling us how cack we are?

I don't think anyone is saying that - the social care sector needs a re-think - with so many older people the current system simply isn't fit for purpose

We are "sorry if you feel that way".....
Does anybody know when the "strict" lockdown is going to start? the press have been going on about it for weeks now and there is still no sign of it.

F**k the Tories and f**k whoever voted for them. The NHS are set to run out of fresh full gowns and are preparing to ask doctors and nurses to reuse single use gowns.

Grow up please.

They've gone from delivering to 280 ish hospital locations to over 50000 locations in the space of weeks.

They didn't have the equipment stored for such an outbreak plus there has been changes to PPE guidelines, not forgetting the global demand for PPE.

But hey f*ck all the Tory voters. Tool

“UK Covid-19 death toll surpasses 15,000 as 888 people die with coronavirus in last 24 hours”

Yes f**k all the Tory voters. They elected a Government totally inadequate (I would not be surprised if it is deliberate) in dealing with this virus.

What an insightful and thoughtful contribution

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This article sums the Government, and in particular, the Prime Minister’s handling of the current crisis. https://apple.news/AmW-6p3aHRcOrDMiGZR3kig Thousands will die that needn’t have.