Bectu, the UK union of creative industry workers, is today asking all of the country’s freelancers to put urgent pressure on their government representatives requesting financial support during the…
pandemic. The body said it received more than 100 contacts from members over the weekend outlining their concerns.
Though the move was welcomed, freelancers were left disappointed not to have been included in the proposal. Currently, government advise is for people out of work to claim Universal Credit, which equates to £94 per week, a much smaller amount than what can be claimed by employers for staff. “We are writing to insist that the government goes significantly further in its economic response to the Covid-19 crisis. We welcome the support for the employed, but the self-employed have been left out in the cold. They must be supported immediately: existing institutions such as HMRC should be used to deploy funds to this group,” the letter read.
“Economic collapses become increasingly difficult to arrest if they are allowed to continue unabated. There is a real risk that this recession could turn into a depression. The government must move decisively to get cash into the hands of households and firms before the economic dominoes start to fall,” it stated.
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