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Running businesses in such a taxing environment is described as increasingly difficult. The looming threat of higher taxes, inflation, and regulation has led many entrepreneurs to consider abandonment or scaled-back ambitions. For example, a bar owner faces a £45,000 HMRC bill, which slices into profit margins just as they try to recover from refurbishments.

Similarly, public services like the NHS are suffering from bureaucratic bloat. There is a stark imbalance between clinicians and administrators, with middle management expanding while frontline staff remain stagnant. The speaker advocates for privatization of parts of the NHS to improve efficiency, arguing that profit incentives drive better management and resource allocation, provided it’s done prudently.