Matt Hancock: The Truth about Boris, Taxes and the Pandemic

Rob is joined by the former secretary of state for health and social care, MP Matt Hancock. They talk about Matt’s thoughts on taxes, what the masses misunderstand about politics and the role of small businesses in both the economy and government. Rob also talks to Matt about the handling of the pandemic and doesn’t hold back on quizzing him about all things Boris including ‘partygate’! KEY TAKEAWAYS Matt believes Boris got the handling of three things very right: Brexit, the Pandemic and Ukraine invasion. Matt will be backing Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership contest, he believes he is the one who can provide the strongest leadership that appeals to the many. The pandemic meant that Matt and his party had to move quickly on many things, sometimes they managed well and inevitably sometimes, Matt admits, they missed the mark. The use of modern technology and data is what Matt attributes the fast vaccination programme and rollout to. There’s no reason clinical trials have to take as long as they used to, the covid vaccines prove that this isn’t necessary, and change can be made fast. There are many severe challenges impacting the economy right now including war and record inflation. A lot of things that would elevate the cost of living problem risk making inflation worse, this is the situation Matt and his fellow policy makers are battling with.  There are so many new and transformative technologies and industries being developed in the UK including in food, energy, space and medical science. These will be key in leading the UK economy in the future. Matt grew up in small businesses, both his parents and all his siblings have all created their own businesses. Matt’s parents’ business almost going bust when he was a teen is what first sparked his interest in the bigger picture, this is what led him to work for the bank of England and then move on into politics. Formal ways that the government can listen to entrepreneurs, and turn their thoughts into policy, is the way Matt believes the government can move forward to help small business. Being an MP is incredibly rewarding and Matt has enjoyed life on the backbench. What really matters in life are the small people you are really close to and what they think of you. During the pandemic, Matt and his colleagues had to make big calls on little data. BEST MOMENTS “We were the first country in the world to vaccinate” “Never let the inflation genie out of the bottle because it’s incredibly hard to get it back in” “We’ve got to stay responsible; we’ve got to remain credible” “I asked myself how did the whole system work, that led me into economics” “We only succeed as a country when we are open to, and embrace, new innovations” “We make our future by making the UK as attractive as possible to grow” “Be yourself, if they like it great, if they don’t, there’s always others” VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “The Disruptive Entrepreneur” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.