Tory split on coronavirus has seen off any joined-up strategy | Phillip Inman

The battle between Treasury and health department has doomed us to a succession of contradictory gambits - and a long, hard winterIt would help if the cabinet could agree. Yet for the past seven months it has remained deeply divided, squabbling over the scientific advice and what Covid-19 might mean for the nation’s health and jobs.Britons have become familiar with a bewildering, almost weekly stream of tactical policies, twisting this way and that, many of them in direct opposition to each other. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/26/tory-split-on-covid-and-economy-saw-off-joined-up-strategy #economics #economic_policy #coronavirus_outbreak #eat_out_to_help_out #rishi_sunak #health #uk_job_furlough_scheme #job_losses #business