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Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (left) and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak clapping outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
TENS of thousands of self-employed people are not eligible for the government’s coronavirus support scheme, official figures showed today.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that around 150,000 self-employed people in the country have only worked for themselves since the end of the 2018/19 tax year.
This means they may not be eligible for the government’s self-employment income support scheme because they would miss the threshold to prove their past income to receive wage subsidies.
Strike Map co-founder HENRY FOWLER discusses the significance of today’s joint union letter to video game giant Rockstar, demanding trade union recognition for its workers. Their conversation highlights how our movement can harness its collective power to rebuild union power across the private sector
