The chancellor has announced that self-employed people will be able to claim grants worth 80% of their average monthly profits – up to £2,500 a month.
Month: March 2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a rescue package worth an estimated £9bn for the UK’s self-employed.
Officials are looking to convert around 10 more sites across the country into makeshift coronavirus hospitals similar to the ExCel exhibition centre in London, Sky News understands.
The number of people who have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus has risen by 43 to 465.
Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus.
More than half a million people have signed up to the NHS volunteer scheme – double the original target which was set on Tuesday.
Millions of new coronavirus testing kits could be ready in days, rather than weeks or months, according to Public Health England.
The UK has seen its biggest daily spike in deaths from coronavirus with 89, taking the nationwide total to 424.
Dozens of former NHS nurses in Australia are hoping to return to the UK to assist in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Five hundred British Transport Police officers are being deployed to rail stations to “remind” people that only essential journeys should be made.