mo4ch:>Coronavirus: ‘How is £94 a week going to pay anyone’s bills?’

Coronavirus: ‘How is £94 a week going to pay anyone’s bills?’Coronavirus: ‘How is £94 a week going to pay anyone’s bills?’By Mary-Ann RussonBusiness reporter, BBC News 24 March 2020 Related TopicsCoronavirus pandemic Image copyrightChloe HallImage captionFreelance marketing consultant Chloe Hall says the self-employed feel forgotten aboutFreelance workers feel they have been forgotten, after hearing about the latest financial measures announced by the UK government on Friday to bolster the economy against the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced increased benefits for the self-employed, but did not guarantee their wages."I was absolutely devastated," said Chloe Hall, a freelance marketing consultant based in Newcastle upon Tyne. "We work just as hard, but freelancers are always sort of at the bottom of the pile."According to the Office for National Statistics, there are 5 million self-employed people in the UK, who make up 15% of the lab…