Support for the self-employed

Early day motion 321, tabled 24 March 2020 by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 6 members.

That this House commends the Government’s measures to support businesses and employees during the covid-19 outbreak; notes however that those measures still leave the country’s 5 million self-employed people with no reliable safety net; further notes that one in four people in South Lakeland is self-employed; recognises that each day the Government fails to act many of those people get closer to having irreparable damage inflicted on their livelihoods; and calls on the Government to create a Self-Employed Income Guarantee that will be effective immediately with the Government guaranteeing self-employed people 80 per cent of their average incomes over the last three years up to a cap of £35,000.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 3, DUP 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Scottish National Party 1.