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^^^ there was a very good point someone made on Twitter about the NHS - if we want a system that has the flexiblity and capacity to respond quickly to emergencies with a minimum of red tape, then we have to accept that there will be times when the system benefits people who might not be deemed 'deserving'. The tabloid obsession with 'welfare queens' is what breeds paper-pushing and arse-covering in public services.
I think the same applies to the furlough scheme. Do you want a scheme that responds quickly to an economic crisis - at the risk of maybe allowing some people to exploit it - or do you want a scheme that checks everyone's credentials carefully, and so is way too slow/bureaucratic/cumbersome to respond to the economic crisis as swiftly as required? I don't think you can have both.