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To: The government
The self employed should be offered the same protection as the employed
During the unprecedented times that we are all facing - the self employed - often the ones running the small local businesses are not being offered the same economic protection as the people they employ.
To pay one of my employees 80percent of their salary while offering me £94.00 a week is profoundly unjust.
Why is this important?
This is important because £94.00 a week universal credit is not going to cover even the most basic of needs, especially for people with families to support. Even if the promised grants materialise Anytime soon - they will merely stop a gap in the expenses that the business needs to pay. The business owner is still left without an income - and very possibly at the end of this - without a business either.
