(Photo by JEFF J MITCHELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) In the coming days, millions of self-employed people will claim their “Rishi money”: the second and final payment from the Treasury to compensate them for loss of income during the lockdown. The sums vary, but they are capped, like the furlough scheme, at 80 per cent of last year’s profits, up to a maximum of £6,570 for three months. Nobody earning more than £50,000 per annum is included and some who earn less have also missed out for various more or less arbitrary reasons. So far, however, 2.7 million have benefited […]
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