Like many of you I was outside the house at 8 pm last night with my family cheering on our brave and valiant health workers.

These are, of course, extraordinary times and people’s highest priority must be their health and the health of loved ones.

So how did he do? Opinion on our new Chancellor seems to have been rather positive. Against the backdrop of rollercoaster markets, emergency interest rate cuts and Coronavirus fears he did pretty well, especially for someone thrown into the job just a few weeks ago.

Next week our new Chancellor, just weeks into the job, will attempt, to sort out some of the mess which befuddles the UK pensions landscape. I’m not hopeful.