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Title: Coronavirus and the self employed. Post by: JayMac on March 24, 2020, 09:05:16 Some potential good news for the self-employed and freelance workers.
Yesterday Parliament debated "Statutory Self-employment Pay" Currently the only help they can receive are deferred tax payments and making a claim for Universal Credit or Employment & Support Allowance. A similar monthly amount to that promised to furloughed workers is being considered. The plan is currently at the committee stage in Parliament and I suspect it may take a few days to enact a Statutory Instrument and then put a claim procedure in place. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0122/amend/coronavirus_daily_cwh_0320rev.14-18.html This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |