BBC economics editor Faisal Islam sets out the UK government's scheme to support the self-employed during the coronavirus outbreak 👇
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the grant
Shortly after the chancellor spoke, the number of people in the UK who have died with Covid-19 - the disease caused by coronavirus - jumped by more than 100 in a day for the first time.The government had faced criticism for failing to provide support for self-employed and freelance workers in its earlier huge package of economic measures.
At least half their income needs to have come from self-employment as registered on the 2018-19 tax return filed in January - anyone who missed the filing deadline has four weeks from now to get it done and still qualify. Coming up with a workable scheme had been"difficult", he said, because the self-employed were a"diverse population" and some of them earned a great deal.
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