I will try my best and there will be only workers there, its only for the week as I think it must be finished for Friday. I think things may be changed afterwards
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But there is growing political pressure on the government to help the millions of self-employed workers who will not benefit. Mr Jenrick said that using the tax system to hand out wages to self-employed people was “logistically, operationally difficult” compared with helping companies. But he told Sky News: “There may be more things we need to do, the chancellor is keeping it under review and considering what we may be able to do for the self-employed.” Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour party leader, has written to the government calling for further help for those facing hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic — including the 5m self-employed, renters, those on benefits and those receiving sick pay.
Mr Corbyn said on Sunday morning that some self-employed people were reasonably affluent but others had a very “marginal existence” from day to day. “If they are told to stay home then they will have to access benefits through universal credit . . . that can’t come straight away. They are vulnerable, they need to put food on the table.”
Jim Pickard and Delphine Strauss in London 5 HOURS AGOPrint this page134 Be the first to know about every new Coronavirus story Get instant email alerts The British government is considering ways to extend its new wage support scheme to the self-employed despite the significant technical challenges, communities secretary Robert Jenrick said on Sunday.
On Friday chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged an intervention of historic proportions when he said the state would pay companies to stop them sacking workers at 80 per cent of each employee’s salary.
That announcement was hailed by business groups and leftwing leaders such as Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite the Union. It came just three days after Mr Sunak promised £330bn of loan guarantees and a £20bn fiscal intervention including further business rate relief for companies. But there is growing political pressure on the government to help the millions of self-employed workers who will not benefit.
Mr Jenrick said that using the tax system to hand out wages to self-employed people was “logistically, operationally difficult” compared with helping companies. But he told Sky News: “There may be more things we need to do, the chancellor is keeping it under review and considering what we may be able to do for the self-employed.” Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour party leader, has written to the government calling for further help for those facing hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic — including the 5m self-employed, renters, those on benefits and those receiving sick pay.
Recommended Torsten Bell Opinion: Sunak’s plan is economically and morally right Mr Corbyn said on Sunday morning that some self-employed people were reasonably affluent but others had a very “marginal existence” from day to day. “If they are told to stay home then they will have to access benefits through universal credit . . . that can’t come straight away. They are vulnerable, they need to put food on the table.” Britain’s self-employed, who account for 15 per cent of the workforce, are a disparate group. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies showed that about a third had taxable income of less than £10,000, while a small number of high-earning partners in professional firms rank among the UK’s top 1 per cent by income.
Many poorer self-employed people will be helped by the government’s decision to scrap the “minimum income floor” — which often makes those on low incomes ineligible for help under universal credit. However, self-employed people who have savings, or live with a higher-earning family member, would still not qualify for help under universal credit, and those higher up the earnings scale could face very steep losses of income. There also remains a gap in the coverage of statutory sick pay for 2m self-employed people with low earnings. Extending Mr Sunak’s retention scheme to self-employed workers would be logistically difficult. It could be easier to relax the rules on means-testing under universal credit, or to make contributory benefits that might be open to some self-employment people more generous.
