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Government must support self-employed workers or face an exodus in the sector, new report finds
BRITAIN faces an exodus of self-employed workers unless the government urgently introduces new support for the sector, a new report has warned.
An inquiry into the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the sector found that less than a third are confident that they want to continue working for themselves.
The inquiry’s interim report, published today, found that more than half of self-employed workers had lost between 60 and 100 per cent of their income in 2020.
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