Coronavirus support loophole leaves many UK film and TV staff without pay, say MPs

Fears for up to 50,000 production workers currently ineligible for financial aid

Tens of thousands of film and TV production staff left jobless by the coronavirus shutdown must be included in the chancellor’s coronavirus support package, an influential group of MPs has argued.

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