Winter of discontent ahead? Your thoughts wanted
There's uncertainty everywhere in the economy right now: rising energy bills and inflation, supply chain and delivery issues, ongoing fuel concerns, staff shortages, empty supermarket shelves, the removal of the Universal Credit top-up, NI and other tax rises almost certainly on the horizon to pay the enormous pandemic bill, and Covid-19 and other viruses expected to run riot during the winter. Oh, and don't forget the small matter of Brexit, which has gone nowhere. With all this in mind…
- How confident are you feeling as we head into the winter?
- What worries you most, and why?
- How confident are you in the Government's handling of the challenges currently facing the economy?
- Are we past the worst, in economic terms, or is the worst still to come?
Please keep your responses to a couple of paragraphs max. Premium responses will be edited by a journalist.