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Help for the self-employed during the coronavirus outbreak

Business Secretary Alok Sharma outlines steps govt will take to help the self-employed

Employees kept on by struggling businesses during the coronavirus outbreak will have 80% of their wages subsidised by the government, but ministers were criticised for not going so far for the self-employed. Now the chancellor has announced measures to support them too. Business Secretary Alok Sharma outlined the steps government will be taking.

(Image: Alok Sharma. Credit: AFP)

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