The UK political system is anti-business. It's just that simple. IR35 makes it a pain in the arse to do contract work. It turns a simple "want this doing? ok,

The UK political system is anti-business. It's just that simple. IR35 makes it a pain in the arse to do contract work. It turns a simple "want this doing? ok, sure" into a legal mess. Public sector contract? Forget about it. Business rates on commercial property turns high streets into ghost towns. Ridiculous "reforms" in the housing market both pump prices and also reduce rental supply. So now we have a rental crisis whereby people are paying 900 a month for a single bedroom in the capital when commonly wages are 1.5k a month. During coronavirus the government told businesses to close but didn't pass legislation to freeze or help them with rental costs. So a ton of businesses just failed because all of their savings went to their landlord whilst they were legally forbidden from earning anything. London added a charge of £15 a day to basically every independent tradesman's van which directly increases their costs by over £2k a year unless they spend even more than that "upgrading". I could go on. Top to bottom it's just anti growth. A lot of this stuff needs to be ripped up and we need to start again with policies actually designed to grow the economy.