The package announced by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, on 20 March included some significant measures to help employees – including, in particular, the job retention support scheme. Although further guidance is still needed on the detail, it is clear that this will enable many employees to be “furloughed” on 80% of salary while the crisis continues, with the Government funding this up to a maximum of £2,500 per month.
Not surprisingly, the self-employed want similar help to be made available to them too, but this is proving much more difficult and a further announcement is expected today (26 March).
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