With new support for the selfemployed. Our step by step action plan is to slow the spread of current virus so fewer people need hospital treatment at any one top protecting the n. H. S. Civility to cope. At every point we have all of the expert advice to be in control in our actions taking the right measures at the right time. We are taking note of precedent in action to increase and to testify as to why hes in the number of beds key staff and lifesaving equipment on the from log to get equal the care they need. That is what it is absolutely critical that people follow our instructions to stay at home so that we can protect the n. H. S. And save the lives. Of our actions home to be this and that it is the one thing to do believe though that people are worried about their jobs and that includes. Working closely with businesses in trade here is weve put together a coordinated and comprehensive economic plan. Up higher which is already starting to make a difference. Big employers like root up to the sense of pratt have already said that our profile as jobs for attentions game means they will protect thousands of jobs and we are publishing this detail guidance on how the city will operate so that other businesses can protect jobs to. Small businesses already benefiting from the Coronavirus Business interruption loads of up to 5000000 pallets which interest free for 12 months with 30000 inquiries in just 4 days. Little choruses up already and forming over 700000. 00 retail hospitality and leisure businesses but they wont pay no Business Rates this year. And the new hardship problem scheme providing cash crops of up 225000 pounds for the smallest businesses is now up and running. So with a business is struggling and worrying they may have to start i would urge you to log on to a business support to go to the u. K. And a very heavily what support dissipative or before deciding to lay people. Are proud of what weve done so far but i know that many selfemployed people are deeply passionate about the support available for them. Musicians and sound engineers plumbers and electricians taxi drivers and driving instructors and arrested and charged like this and they get others through no fault of their own risk losing bad livelihoods. To you i say this. You have not been forgotten. We will not let you buddy. We all stand to get a. Sense of call those who work for themselves today im announcing a new selfemployed being to help support. The government will pay selfemployed people who are been adversely affected by the provirus taxable grot work 80 percent of that average monthly profits of the last 3 years up to 2500 pounds up. This scene will be open to people across the u. K. For at least 3 months and i would extend it for longer if necessary. Youll be able to claim these profits and continue to do business. And were covering the same amount of income for a selfemployed person as we are furloughed employees who also receive a grob worth 18 percent. Tax on like almost any other country and made our scheme one of the most generous in the world. Providing such unprecedented support for selfemployed people has been difficult to do in practice and the selfemployed are a diverse population with some people earning significant profits. So ive taken steps to make this deliverable and that. To make sure that this scheme provides targeted support for those most in need it would be open to anyone been Trading Profits for up to 50000 pounds. To make sure to be self employed to be available to people who have already a very of self worth. Bit of noise floor those who already. Do have a tattoo reserved for to go team 2 of. Novelty follow the service of people who are majority still voice. From this. Age of our c. E. O. Working on this and expect people to be able to access the speedo data the beginning of june. If you only call him or see will contact you directly into the civil or all drawn straight into your bag. To make sure no one needs it this is our old thought we have decided to allow anyone mystified jerry for weeks from today to capture to. Go welcome to r. T. U. K. Weve just been hearing from u. K. Chancellor rishi c. Not who has announced financial help for self employed workers during the corona Virus Outbreak or war on this on 2 u. K. Shot it was he joins me now hi there chad you are so looking all those rafter nuts with what are the chances well today was a very big day indeed for the 5000000 selfemployed as you just heard there from the chancellor he really stressed that self employed have not been forgotten and they will not be left behind so today the charts are announced a self self employed income support scheme to every one of those 5000000 people that are working for themselves a sensually what that means is what the government has been saying over the last few days is that there would be a sense of parity as and the government would be as generous as they have been to the employed to the selfemployed that was suggested were now looking at a scheme that would give the selfemployed up to 80 percent of their income thats 2500. 00 pounds per month up to 2000 500. 00 pounds for at least 3 months now he says that thats unlike any. Other country in europe so what he is announces theres going to be a coherent coordinated and comprehensive plan to protect thousands and thousands of jobs tonight he says theyll be published detailed guidance to protect businesses and local authorities are already speaking to 700000 different Small Businesses grants at the moment have already been put in place he says and he says that he understands of self employed at b. P. Anxious so the government is doing all it can to try and alleviate the stress is however one thing all of concern and what the chance of did say is that these plans will be put in place no later than june but still quite some way away so for some that might not have eased all of their fears and alleviated all of the pressures that theyre still facing today of course a chance to just put these plans into place with just in a matter of hours and top Business People in the treasury would normally spend months and months trying to decipher some sort of comprehensive plan like this so we could still see flaws in this system and didgeridoo yes an extraordinary statement as you say under extraordinary times there are also more powers for the police announced earlier when the yes of course it is day 3 of course johnsons lockdown measures a National State of emergency was declared as of monday the idea behind these lockdown measures is to get people to stay at home to protect the n. H. S. And ultimately save peoples lives so the government has now politest emergency legislation to enforce the lockdown measures it gives the police the powers to make sure the public are doing what they should be so as a reminder then of these lockdown measures you should only be leaving your house for for very specific reasons of course includes shopping for food and medicine medicine the basic necessities youre allowed to exercise in one capacity one form of exercise per day you can travel essential travel to your essential workplaces and gatherings of no more than 2 will be now banned if you break any of these rules and the police have the power to fine. 60 pounds 30 pounds if paid within 14 days for a 2nd offense the fine increases to 120. 00 pounds and will double on each further offense a key section of this new law says that the police may use reasonable force to return a person home or disperse a group of people although which physical measures may be used is not quite set out it also instructs parents to stop their children from breaking the rules again its another unclear point as to how that will be monitored there is though much controversy about how long these wide reaching powers will be enshrined in or for the Health Secretary about how the has insisted that theyll only be put in place as long as i require to do so to tackle this crisis when indeed talking of the course is a chance to sit on the Health Secretary talk about protecting the n. H. S. But the worrying stories coming out of the hospitals are absolutely very worrying stories and very worrying statistics indeed the latest number stands at 9500 people have contracted 900 since the outbreak began with the death toll at 465 which is up 43. 00 in the past 24 hours on the surface of it appears to be the smallest rise of the week but actually the government have now moved the times that deaths are recorded using a morning cutoff instead so potentially tomorrow morning we could actually see a spike now of n. H. S. Of course treating this crisis as one that will only get worse before it gets better and so now is putting various plans into place of course london is the epicenter of the crisis and to help deal with the pandemic the construction of the brand new hospital at the xcel center is well underway the nightingale emergency facility will eventually hold 4000 Critical Care beds spread across 2 wards each one being an entire kilometer long reports say the doors could even close 6 as early as monday with an initial 500 beds being made readily available but the facility is only plan. To be just one in potentially 10 across the country now weve also got various other stories coming out with and some not so good in fact weve heard that the n. H. S. Staff have been told to hide their identification badge is full the n. H. S. When theyre going to and from work because believe it or not theyre now being targeted by muggers who wish to steal their Identity Cards to receive the free food and drink there has been provided to medical professionals on a lighter note then across the country the United Kingdom will try and pay tribute to the n. H. S. Workers looking at the models across the european cities whereby people are taking to the outside of their doorsteps to applaud and thank the n. H. S. By clapping its a campaign called care for the carers its outside that peoples houses at 8 oclock this evening and indeed it is a small act but it should have an immense impact salut plenty of information there should be a thank you very much indeed thank you well the law reaction to the chancellors announcement on the selfemployed im joined by professor of accounting prime sica. Professor brian thank you very much indeed for joining us this evening the measures announced will bring some comfort to the u. K. Self employed theyve been waiting some time for clarity on this 7 day. Well thats right yes it is a sudden hell but still there are lots of questions for example the chancellor said selfemployed with a Trading Profit of up to 50000 can apply well Trading Profit and taxable profits are not the same thing so we will have to wait and see what the details say and hes also talked about how really coming sometime in june well what are these people to do meanwhile are the banks going to give them interest free loans and i would drops he didnt say anything about that he said h. Of mousy it would administer this particular subsidy but he has not said anything about additional results just for him honestly i know from personal experience talking to some people that they are already very stretched to trying to deal with the wage subsidy for employers so again there are a lot of holes and the government is constantly trying to catch up we really need some joined up thinking a lot of joined up thinking what about a form of emergency basic income brought in immediately would that me a better solution for both the employed on the selfemployed. Well i think that would have been preferable a universal basis of basic income but since the government decided to not go down that route it is really struggling because even after todays announcement lets just think about those people and a minimum wage in many cases older going to get is 80 percent off the minimum wage but 100 percent of the food bill gas will tell you lecture city how on earth theyre going to survive they would have been better off with a universal basic income all right full to say ok the maximum you can get is 2500 well let us say nobody will get less than 1500 so the government has not really established a will thats the big problem in this also looking at some of the fine print i mean many businesses spend the 1st few years without turning a profit does that mean is there enough in this package to help them through the crisis and does it as weve said before referring to the june the team days is going to happen quick enough well its not really going to happen quickly enough and youre right in a sense hes focused on a saab wished Business People who already are established as a selfemployed for at least 3 years or so again there are holes and if somebody is making a loss in interest you know what are they going to get the answer is not think well this might help the self employed in a short time when they eventually get the money but when the government then have to help these businesses back on their feet in a few months time is this is essentially a short term measure. Well i think at the moment its like. That kind of a finger in the dike movement to stop the flood of that is what the challenge is trying to do what we do need some Long Term Strategy because even when the government announced this 330000000000 off loans to businesses on new people being to banks and that being also personal guarantees on securities if they want to throw you a loan which tell on able to provide so really the government needs to take direct charge of these things rather than letting the banks profiteering from it do the devil is in the details on the lucullus isnt it professor from sake i thank you for joining us ok thank you and coming up after the break. The u. K. Refuses the help to both buy ventilators a sum any piece criticized the response of certain Member States to the coronavirus pandemic we hear from our europe correspondent. Welcome back to the u. K. Appears to be totally self isolating as Boris Johnson refuses e. U. Help to both buy medical equipment to fight the coronavirus it comes as some every piece of criticized the response of certain Member States to the pandemic aunties in europe correspondent peter all about as more. The European Parliaments been debating talking about these proposals that have been put through or put forward by the European Commission to handle with the handle the a media outcome from the coronavirus but also to deal with what will come in the future in fact this bundle of measures is being talked about as a new Marshall Plan of the Marshall Plan of course was used to rebuild europe after world war 2 and in fact in the chamber on thursday we heard. From the lion the European Commission president talking about the effect that this could well have on generations in the future that they wouldnt see the rubble of crumbling buildings as we did post world war 2 but that there was still would be an effect there one of these things that was put forward is the decision to group together to buy important medical equipment we talk masks were talking gloves and in all important ventilators the offer was made to the United Kingdom to get involved in that downing street though has said no they dont want to be part of that theyre going to go it alone on the line for her part though has come under some criticism for the way that the European Union the European Commission has addressed this she was speaking to in the empty European Parliament thats partly due to the fact that many a you. Cant actually get to brussels also social distancing precautions that are in place as well she said europes now ready to step up to the plate but the story from the last few weeks is hardly a painful one to tell when europe really needed to be there for each other too many initially looked out for themselves. When europe really needed all for one spirit too many initially gave only for me response what we do now mattress for today as well as for the future and we all welcome the news that hospitals and sex and nice took patients from lumber day while others from the grandest in fast and now bearing being treated in the gandu she and luxemburg this only goes to prove. That it only it is only by helping each other that we can help ourselves for the u. K. Response in turning down the offer to be part of that collective along with the European Union was very simple they said were no longer part of the European Union so they will be going alone that will at least of the United Kingdom will be going alone when it comes to making their own precautions back to brussels and back to what was going on in the European Parliament the standout performer in the debates that we saw on thursday was really mount on the old bridge the french army not only from a world impassioned and lets face it agricultural langridge language that she used in saying how essential it was that musks were given out to those that need masks both in her own country of france and also across the European Union but she also took time to scold those in europe who have used this crisis as an attempt to try and seize power and also to try and turn a quick buck. And this also put us when we see that germany is following the guidelines for example some other states are just waiting for people to turn up at their hospital was it to orbit is doing well as seen in terms of power the deafening silence of the rest of europe the Czech Republic and italy are actually fighting over little italy of masks of this is the shameful face of europe which is terribly knighted no single state can do with this solidarity of people has to be something which provides a reason that true of europe the European Parliament is expected to vote through these proposals put forward by the Europea