Peter Rhodes on new-tech stoves, Labour's Mr Cool and a big bill for doctors
Okay, own up. How many of you ever suspected that GP surgeries, serving the public, supported body and soul by the public and paid for by the public, are not considered part of the public sector?
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com
and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565
This is why they don't qualify for National Insurance relief and why an assortment of doctors, having studied the small print in the Budget, are expecting NI demands of £40,000 a year or more and howling with rage, anguish and betrayal.
'Twas ever thus with Budgets. First, the 12-week build up, then a series of last-minute leaks, then the Big Day itself. And a few days after that, the dawning realisation that honeyed promises such as “free beer for all the workers” actually translate as “the mass sacking of barstaff, hotel employees and doctors' receptionists.”
