Help for the self-employed during the coronavirus outbreak

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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)