hugh schofield has more from paris. it s not clear that this is the beginning of what the left and the radical unions want it to be, which is a rolling movement which will lead to a general strike and government u turns and more money available for workers at all. i think everyone in france is trying desperately and not very successfully to gauge the public mood, because the mood does certainly, the mood is certainly sort of fractious and uncertain. there s a degree of sympathy for the strikers, but there s a degree also of anger with some of the strikers. a lot of people don t really feel that they identify that much with the old heavy brigade of the cgt, the radical union in their big battalions, at the oil refineries and the railways and so on. many, many people are really struggling to get by in much less well paid jobs and are very resentful of the way that the petrol shortages, for example, have been affected. so it s a country which is in a very delicate state of mind, i would s
interest come and slower booking levels, and interest and come and slower booking levels, and interest and footfall has died off over the interest and footfall has died off over the last month, as we have seen that the over the last month, as we have seen that the economy plunged into chaos and real that the economy plunged into chaos and real uncertainty, and a head on consumer and real uncertainty, and a head on consumer and business confidence. for our consumer and business confidence. for our sector, it is that confidence and certainty level that our customers have that gives us the ability our customers have that gives us the ability to our customers have that gives us the ability to plan ahead, and we are certainly ability to plan ahead, and we are certainly seeing that being harmed at the certainly seeing that being harmed at the moment. it is certainly seeing that being harmed at the moment. at the moment. it is essentially difficult to at the moment. it is e
burden, effectively. so was an exposed risk to that tax burden, effectively. burden, effectively. so you re hintin: burden, effectively. so you re hinting there burden, effectively. so you re hinting there that burden, effectively. so you re hinting there that one - burden, effectively. so you re hinting there that one of- burden, effectively. so you re hinting there that one of the l hinting there that one of the impacts of this, tell us more about the impacts as you say to through these lack of changes to ir 35 is? effectively this reversal, i think the government introduced it to free up the government introduced it to free up time and money for businesses, to engage contractors freely, and this reversal in my view has caused a lot of confusion because many businesses spent a lot of time getting up to speed with these new legislations, and had a huge impact for contractors, because their pay was reduced of around 30% and the introduction of the rules that effectively the ir 35
and it s true in the back of everyone s minds is how the yellow vest movement three or four years ago kicked off out of nowhere, which is not to say that that s going to happen here. now, i think everyone feels that, you know, if that would happen again, it wouldn t be on the same issues, but it might come just as unexpectedly. so not necessarily today, the start of anything major. and in fact, the initial signs seem to be that it s not that disruptive, but still this very tense mood in the country. hugh schofield. rail workers in the rmt union are to begin voting on whether to hold more strikes. the current six month mandate which ends on the 26th of november has seen eight days of industrial action in a dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. the uk ministry of defence is issuing an intelligence alert following reports that former british military pilots are being lured to china with large sums of money. it is thought that up to 30 former pilots have been recruited to trai
or print money, although we did try with quantitative easing but that will get us into more trouble. we have to pay our way or make cuts, one of the other. probably a bit of blood. you said we can t keep cutting taxes, that is away with the fairies. what yesterday s announcement does mean that come spring time highly likely most households will not be protected any more by the government support scheme that is in place at the moment. let s be clear on this, the average dual fuel use, the energy price cap is not a cap on how much you can use, you can t use as much as you want. exactly, it is not an all you can eat buffet, the cap is on the unit price, so at the moment that 34p a unit for electricity, about 10p for gas, but in april we don t know what it s going to be, so that s massive uncertainty for loads of customers, so a lot of people are worried out there and we just want an answer as soon as possible. some estimates are putting average dual fuel use up to £4000 come spring, what