Perhaps if the UK government more competently spent it's money, it wouldn't need to replace the lost revenue. The NHS track and trace app, which cost around GB

Perhaps if the UK government more competently spent it's money, it wouldn't need to replace the lost revenue. The NHS track and trace app, which cost around GBP 40 billion, is an absolute sham. I've worked with NHS trusts that are paying GBP 500 for each lightbulb replacement in a hospital, GBP 200 for a ream of paper, amongst other things. The UK also rakes a significant amount from national insurance and income tax. You can't just keep on taxing as a way to grease the wheels of an inefficient government machine. I bet if someone was to clean up the junky contracts that corrupt MPs have lumbered us with, we'd comfortably save more than GBP 35 billion a year.