Fix gaps in furlough for self-employed workers, government urged

MPs and campaign groups say ministers must fix eligibility criteria excluding more than 3 million workers in Covid-19 crisisThe government is under mounting pressure to plug gaps in its emergency coronavirus wage subsidy schemes at the March budget to support millions of self-employed people and other workers excluded from furlough.MPs and campaign groups said the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, had repeatedly ducked opportunities to fix gaps in furlough and the self-employed income support scheme (SEISS) for almost a year since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/04/fix-gaps-in-furlough-for-self-employed-workers-government-urged #covid_jobs_crisis #business #unemployment #society #uk_job_furlough_scheme #uk_news #coronavirus