The UK Government's coronavirus advice will see me and my partner out of work - we need help now

We should all send a copy of this to Boris Johnson and the puppet in Cardiff .

You say you want strong leadership and the Welsh govt should ignore Westminster inaction and take action itself. What action exactly? Close schools and hospitals to stop paying teachers and health workers so it can pay you and your partner not to go to your restaurant or cinema to work. You are naturally driven by emotion asking for others to bail you out having been lead to believe other taxpayers (ie the government) will always want to help so you don't need to save or plan for the future.

Here's hoping the UK government will this time that WE are all in Together and make sure nobody is out of a job/financial difficulty and when it's back to normal and they need to recoup the money they tax the richest heavily

What kind of sanctimonious @rsehole are you? Hundreds of thousands of Welsh workers are working in low-paid and often insecure jobs. Are you really saying they shouldn't be having kids?

Short term layoffs should be covered by three quarters pay from the Welsh Gov. (They seem to have bucketloads to splash out for the notorious third sector.)

you obviously weren't trying hard enough. To be made redundant is a misfortune. To be made redundant 3 times in 5 years looks like carelessness.

The new Welsh political party, Gwlad Gwlad has in their manifesto - A Citizen Income for ALL citizens. But, firstly we need the electorate to vote for Welsh Independence.

This raises more questions than answers. Is the writer one of the very few who voted for benefits to be a devolved matter? Did they previously support tax raising powers for the Senedd? Were they willing to increase their own income tax or NI so that the Senedd could build up an emergency fund? Were they always socialist or were they happy to be a Tory when they were being asked for cash for the less fortunate? Crises like this one have a habit of sorting sheep from goats and working miraculous, though very short lived, political conversions. Let us just see whether, at the next Senedd elections, the right wing parties are wiped out or if greed and selfishness return in spades. On a UK level I would remind the writer that greed, selfishness and hatred for the vulnerable are what was voted for.

Efo ti 100% ar hyn, diolch Bleddyn . Mae cymaint o rai hunan-gyflogedig yn yr un twll.

the instruction to self-isolate if one family member gets a cough is stupidly disruptive for 14 days. A quick test would show 80% of the cases are not COVID-19 so carry on normal work.

Bleddyn is absolutely right in the points he makes and despite the usual Tory/Unionist out cries is not asking for handouts but asking that The UKand or labour Government in Wales gets a grip of the economic and personal reality of this situation and show some leadership and direction in protecting businesses and employees , is that too much to expect. Let's be absolutely clear Labour in Wales are not independent of Westminster they feebly tow UK government lines, no matter the party in power, in almost every aspect, add to that their total incompetence and it has proved to be a recipe for disaster for Wales . More importantly , despite The Tories continuous and loud claims they ARE NOT the party of business, they are the party of the financial service sector which is all together different, remember Johson's "F" business claim of just a few months ago . In yesterdays briefing by strongly advising people to stay away from pubs, restaurants, bars, cinemas and by inference every small gathering place in our communities ,coffee shops, gift shops, newsagents, gyms, hairdressers the list goes on, for up to three months, with no financial support, Johnson has written the closure notice for thousands of small business up and down the country and virtually guaranteed unemployment for the people who work in this businesses . Of course by making's declaration advisory and ultimately a personal decision for individuals the businesses effected will not be covered by business disruption insurance. However the financial service sector and investment banks, where The UK governments vested interests truly lye will be fully protected from insurance claims and payouts. The UK governments action in not legislatively closing business to enforce social distancing is in direct contrast to that of most other Europe governments who have shown strong ,decisive, supportive leadership and sound business management when bringing about closures business through acts of parliament, guaranteeing business insurance is valid and have further jhelped with direct financial action In unprecedented times other other governments are doing their absolute best to protect their economy, busines es and ordinary people. Boris Johnson and The UK government are doing the exact opposite. Mind you it does mean that we can no longer accuse Johnson of not keeping his word ... He has well and truly "F" business

My comment on Tegid R 's article is just as valid on this article. It refers to the speed with which corporate leaders leap to demand state aid. Is there something inherently good about helping big business yet unjustified in helping individuals, many on low incomes, who lose out in the same crisis ? I don't think so. The item reads as follows - "Those same airlines whose chiefs are probably still drawing eye watering salaries for doing not a lot other than passing the grief ( not sharing it) down to their teams of staff. There is something quite revolting about business “leaders” howling for aid when they’ve been shafting the tax regime throughout all their good years. Granted something has to be done but the current business models favoured by these multinationals is now proved to be not fit for purpose so more state ownership especially in areas of key services is the way to go. Right now re-nationalisation might be feasible as most of these lame ducks are at rock bottom share prices. And no need to pay silly money to get rid of fat cat CEO’s either. A dose of their own medicine would do nicely."

If the Government can organize a three month extendable mortgage holiday then it should be able to decide on three month extendable no rents policy. Both are fixed costs that be removed without leading to overconsumption and the waste of resources.