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To: Government
URGENT: PROTECT THE SELF-EMPLOYED WITH SAME TERMS AS OTHER WORKERS
Give the same protection to all self-employed (including sole operators working as a limited company) as has been afforded to PAYE employees - 80% of income up to the threshold of £2,500 per month.
The Self-Employed – including freelancers, sole traders, those selling their services as a one-man Limited Company - have been left behind. All self-employed workers must get proportional income of 80% up to £2,500 PCM, which can be assessed using their most recent tax bill.
Why is this important?
There are approximately 5 million Self-Employed workers in Britain. For millions of them all contracts have been terminated with immediate effect and ALL income stopped overnight. Currently the government’s protection of 80% of salary up to £2,500 per month applies only to a tiny percentage of freelancers who are also PAYE. With an entire and immediate loss of income many can no longer make ends meet. The effects on millions of self-employed will be catastrophic without urgent and immediate action.
