How to help the self-employed through this crisis without a universal basic income – which we cannot deliver right now

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There has been much discussion over the last few days about the desirability of a universal basic income (UBI) for the United Kingdom. Demand for this has only grown since Friday when the Chancellor announced a highly discriminatory scheme of income support for those employees, but no one else, laid off as a result of coronavirus. This leaves the self-employed, in particular, in an exceptionally difficult situation that cannot be justified on any social or economic basis because they, like those employees who have lost their jobs, are the victims of circumstance at this point of time.

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