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Self-employed workers to wait until June to get government bailout over Covid-19 crisis
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Self-employed workers will have to wait until June to get a £2500-a-month government bail out to help them through the coronavirus pandemic.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak won plaudits last night for the much-delayed announcement of support for millions of self-employed. But he was criticised for the three-month wait for cash that many fear will see thousands of low wage self-employed workers slip into poverty.
In what was another massive boost to the flatline economy Sunak announced self-employed people would be able to claim support worth 80 per cent of their average monthly profits.The Tory Chancellor said the move would be worth up to a maximum of £2,500-a-month and would cover 95 per cent of self-employed workers who had lost work due to
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