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Rishi Sunak began launching several coronavirus themed support measures in March 2020, which stretched from mortgage holidays to Universal Credit boosts and beyond. Eventually, the Chancellor introduced the Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme which provide income to eligible workers.
CHANCELLOR RISHI SUNAK has been urged to rethink the SEISS grant after a desperate year for the self-employed in the UK. But will the SEISS criteria change?
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The SEISS grant was introduced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak last year in an effort to help self employed Brits stay on their feet while they were unable to work throughout the pandemic. The grant has since been extended three times so far, with the fourth grant expected to open for applicants in the coming weeks, although the Government hasn t yet confirmed exactly when this could be. While the scheme has undoubtedly helped millions across the country, a number of people have fallen through the cracks, having received no payment at all for thei
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The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is the Government’s support scheme for the self-employed, and it was recently extended until April 2021. The scheme is currently open for the third SEISS grant, but applications have now closed for the first and second SEISS grants. A fourth SEISS grant will be available later this year, but the Government has not confirmed how much the grant will be worth.
| UPDATED: 09:09, Sun, Jan 17, 2021
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SEISS grants will be paying out once more over the coming weeks as the third application deadline is quickly approaching. As the summer approaches, Rishi Sunak has assured fourth sets of grants will also be issued but thus far, the Chancellor has refused to change eligibility rules which have reportedly excluded millions of workers from being able to access state support.