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The next round of SEISS, open from November 1, will cover just 20 per cent of self-employed earnings, while the Government has pledged to pay 67 per cent of the wages of employees in locked down areas.
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“A third of self-employed people cannot even claim 20 per cent of their earnings – and remain hopelessly unsupported. Limited company directors, the newly self-employed and many others have been frozen out of support since the start of the pandemic and it is dismaying that, going into the second wave, the Government still has not expanded the criteria of SEISS to include them.
“The gaps in support have already led to the biggest drop in the number of self-employed on record. Leaving these gaps unfilled and reducing the support for eligible self-employed people will accelerate this decline. The self-employed will be essential for economic recovery in the coming months and years, but they cannot perform this role if they are undermined and unfairly penalised by Government policy now. We urge the Government to rethink this and provide fair, comparable support to all self-employed people in need.”
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