Declan Roberts

IMPORTANT: 1.2m eligible people are missing out on the Self Employment Income Support Scheme. This may be for the WRONG reasons, please help spread this information...

Dear @RishiSunak we now know, thankfully, employees will be covered until October. Yet the self-employed only have 3 weeks of left on their support scheme. My mailbag is swamped with Qs on it. Pls tell us if that'll be extended too or at least when you'll tell us?

SELF EMPLOYED (pls share). I know many self-employed are wondering now that the employees Job Retention Scheme is open, when they'll get letters saying if they're getting the Income Support Scheme. I've just had it confirmed u should expect the letter mid-May & payment in June.

Self employed 80% of average profits over 3 years up to £2,500 - and you can still keep the business open. Now here comes the caveats

I'm back tracking, my feelers now sense, there's now a 50 50 chance we'll hear about help for the self employed tonight