Corona Diaries: Government Package for the Self-employed. Are You Happy With it?

Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, has just announced outline details of the rescue package for the self-employed.

Here’s a summary of the key points from Daniel Barnett Employment Law:

• a newly self-employed income support scheme will pay self-employed people a taxable grant worth 80% of average monthly income, capped at £2,500pm

• income will be calculated by tak…