'I lost my job, now we're on the bare minimum' Junior is one of many struggling from no emergency government support during the pandemic
but some have not been able to get help because they don't meet the strict eligibility criteria, or were laid off.
There are five million self-employed people in the UK and the government says 95% will be eligible for emergency support. Michelle Donald, 41, says turnover at the small recruitment company she runs with her husband in Norfolk"dropped to virtually zero overnight" when the crisis hit. "We have a little bit of savings but it's all we have got. If we have to use those, we will come out of this with literally not a penny to our name."She thinks company directors have been discriminated against because people think they don't pay as much tax and national insurance, when in fact"the difference is minimal".
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