The monthly cap is likely to be lower than the £2,500 announced for staff employees last Friday.
Later, at his latest Downing Street news conference, the prime minister revealed:"You'll be hearing more from Rishi Sunak, the chancellor tomorrow, about what we're doing to help the self-employed."
Pressed by the SNP leader Ian Blackford, Mr Johnson promised"parity of support" for the self-employed, matching the handouts announced by the Chancellor last week for those in salaried employment. "One self-employed person said that they need to pay for baby food, rent, council tax and insurance for the car they use for work, being 'faced with a decision to feed your family and pay your bills, or stay at home and not get paid'.
Later, in his final Commons speech as Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell told MPs:"If people claim fraudulently while still working, they will rightly be prosecuted.
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