Self-Employed

This critical delay compared to the help available to other workers will leave many anxiously wondering how they will cope over the coming months, writes Rachel Reeves.

Chancellor has been warned low-paid are running out of money and need "urgent" help.

Rishi Sunak needs to do more because the self-employed simply cannot rely on benefits to get them through the next few weeks or months, writes Kate Dearden.

If hiring self-employed workers is helping big companies mitigate risk, shouldn’t the government be doing more to help rather than hinder the self-employed