The U.K. government has unveiled a financial support package for the self-employed and freelancers impacted by the ongoing coronavirus crisis, answering – partially – a call from all corners of the hard hit creative sector
The U.K. government has unveiled a financial support package for the self-employed and freelancers impacted by the ongoing coronavirus crisis, answering — partially — a call from all corners of the hard-hit creative sector.
The new measures were announced Thursday by chancellor Rishi Sunak as part of the government's daily coronavirus press briefings. Sunak said that 95 percent of the U.K.'s self-employed workers would be covered by the support package. It also comes after many leading creative sector companies, trade bodies and unions called on authorities to offer a similar package for freelancers and the self-employed, who make up a vast bulk of the industry and have seen work — and income — dry up as productions shut down across the country. Previously, such workers were urged to apply for unemployment benefit.
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