. —— paye. colour the rule say if you want to claim help from this self—employed scheme they have announced today, he must be somebody who completes an annual tax return. that is the basic criteria. would probably describe yourself as a sole trader in the sense that you declare your income, your expenses and your profit and it is the profit number and the trading profit that you will be receiving 80% of for three months which will be backdated to june, which will be backdated to june, which i accepted a long time for people to wait for. now the government has had to design this came from scratch. they claim it will cover 95% of self—employed people. but clearly there are a lot of groups who is emerging within hours of it being announced will not be covered by this safety net and people who work for agencies or umbrella companies are one and unfortunately, as we come within days of the current tax year come if you are for the whole of last year they suck the blood person, because you do not have

as a freelance television floor manager said, will, entre term contract that paid by paye, is there anythe big problems many parts of the workforce, and i'm familiar with it for my work at the bbc, there's people who look on themselves as self—employed but they are paid through paye. in theory you should be covered by the scheme announced a few days ago. but if you're between contracts and don't have somebody paying you now, then you're going to fall outside the scheme and i don't see that you will be covered by the self—employed scheme. i should add the detailed rules of both schemes have not been published. we are promised at the detailed rules of the furloughed scheme later tonight, i've still not got them, and i'd imagine the self—employed scheme will come out a bit later, but we need those detailed rules to answer some of these questions but i fear that gentleman is going to fall outside both of them. this is from her them, heather, where the chancellor has stated the self—employed will be paid 80% of their average earnings over the past three years, what happens to those in perman

any worker who is on a paye scheme is eligible for thejob any worker who is on a paye scheme is eligiblerom the chancellor and i welcome that as well and i chancellor and i welcome that as welland i am chancellor and i welcome that as well and i am gratefulfor the chancellor and i welcome that as well and i am grateful for the work he is doing because there was confusion and many of us had representations to that. there are some people who have been asked to work reduced hours in the interests of the company rather than being put on furlough. it appears these people may also be excluded from the scheme. there seems to be a lack of clarity on that. could the chancellor confirm whether these workers will be included in the scheme. if not, can he bring forward an urgent reform to the scheme to make that happen? another category have had questions on, but if people have had questions on, but if people have work available but they can do it because of the shutdown of the childcare arrangements and as a result of that they have childcare responsibilities, are they eligible for the furlough sup

syste m monthly payslips through the paye system and for those who are at risk of losing theirjobs,nt pledged to step in and pay up to 80% of their wages for the next few months. to make sure people aren't losing theirjobs because of this crisis. but notably, the chancellor did not provide any measures. of course, this is much more complicated to work out what a monthly salaries. it's been very difficult for the government to come up difficult for the government to come up with this. there are about 5 million people who are self—employed across the country that is hairdressers and childminders and all manner of roles. many of them struggling to get work. the government is based real criticism for not acting sooner on this. we do acce pt for not acting sooner on this. we do accept expect to hear from the chancellor tomorrow. that's where we are expecting the new measures to be outlined. we will of course watch that. we are conscious we report these figures, 400 dead, without really explaining the faces behind them. the guardian has shown on its front page, the faces of two young wome

again, this is one of those tricky ones because usually, through an agency, they are paid paye.es should be able to furlough him and other agency workers and get the money back off the workers. but this is something i have been hearing over the last day or so. have been hearing over the last day or so. people like teachers, you know, freelance teachers who could get called in the morning to work. and they have been calling their agencies and getting nothing back. sol agencies and getting nothing back. so i suspect that, in some cases, the agencies have been trying to get through to the government departments, trying to get some sort of steer on how to do and what the situation is. because, in a sense, these people are freelancers, but it isa these people are freelancers, but it is a sort of confusing area. this is one that a lot of employers will be pondering. we have a new employee who started at the beginning of march this year. we are likely to have to lay him off during the current crisis unless he qualifies for the furlough scheme. does he qualify? i believe you have to be

if you are the director of your own company and you are paid through paye, pay as you own, you would, up to £2500 a month. so, for those individuals, they would be eligible for that. the difficulty is where people have paid themselves to dividends, rather than through income. lots of people do that because it is quite a tax efficient way of paying yourself. those individuals might find that they now miss out on that, because their income level is not quite so high. so, they would not get that. but there is help available if you are employed by your own company. thank you for that answer. a question for you, jason, from peter bowell. he asks, plasma from those who have recovered from coronavirus will likely contain antibodies to the virus. might immunoglobulin, i think thatis virus. might immunoglobulin, i think that is another word from antibodies, made from this, help those currently in the acute phase of the disease? to answer this question, we must know two characteristics of the antibodies. that means for the people who have been exposed to the virus, when do these antibodies sta

who are employed, who are going to get this 80% of their wages paid, that will be done through the paye take a few weeks to set up, because the government is designing a completely new system from scratch. and they are much easier to find, if you like and pay. so there is a recognition that it is harder to do that for self—employed people, but also they could be some of the hardest hit, some of the mps have said this morning. that is one to watch over the coming days. you heard stephen barclay, the chief secretary of the treasury, that they have asked banks to show forbearance whilst schemes are put in place. we will have to see what happens with self—employed people. one of the hardest hit industries, of course, is the airline industry. there are reports this morning of one perhaps radical steps of one perhaps radical step the government might take here. yes, this report is in the financial times this morning, suggesting that the government could perhaps buy equity in some of the airlines. we obviously don't know much more about that. earlier this week, it was suggested by the transpor

low—paid, paye, for those who rent, of course, they will not benefit from a mortgage holiday.e conference industry and many of them are being cancelled. conference industry and many of them are being cancelledlj tell them are being cancelled.” tell you what, sally, it has been devastating for me. i had conferences lined up between 110w conferences lined up between now and may. all gone. at the moment i'm going to have to live on my savings. i don't think anybody is going to help henry bonsu... so you think anybody is going to help henry bonsu. .. so you will need a mortgage holiday.” henry bonsu. .. so you will need a mortgage holiday. i am a believer in prudence, ifixed the roof when the sun was shining, as the former pro minister david cameron would say. the point is, you into gig economy, people like you are so exposed in this economy. many of those are low—paid workers. many viewers have got in touch with us from the usa and, we would like free medical healthcare. that is a big question for people in the us. they do not know what is covered by federal government spending,

i mean, you have staff on paye, as well as freelance.time job i think the government are doing at a time of really terrible crisis. what was announced yesterday was much, much more support than we were expecting. i'm not sure how much of what we have said applies directly to you, but given the scale of your company situation, if you have people who are on staff, and we know now that the government is backing up now that the government is backing up to 80% of salaries, and that will be given by way of a grant to you to pass on to your workers, are you confident that money will get to you in orderfor you to pass it through? absolutely. i think the government perhaps could have been accused of acting a bit slowly, but i think the work that has been done this week is just immense. i feel totally confident that money will get through to the people who need it most. thank you. good luck with what happens next with your company. we are going to be talking to stephen barclay, the chief secretary to the treasury at 8:30am. we will put a lot of qu

the monthly wage bill is known to hmrc, instead of firms paying paye to the government, that flow should with the nation paying the wages of people for the next few weeks, if and only if, they continue to employ themselves. separate arrangements will need to be made for the self—employed but at a stroke, this would save people jobs, save businesses, and put an immediate end to risk of contagion, and help save the economy. the urgency of the government is like deliberations on this, there is absolutely, it is at the top of everything we are doing. ministers are working flat out 24/7 to look at all the options. labour said it was more than six weeks since the first cases of coronavirus were reported in the uk. for over a month, we have known about the risk coronavirus poses to the economy and to work and yet the government has announced no plan to protectjobs and wages. the mp behind the universal credit benefit system said there were levers that could be pulled to make it more easily available more quickly. they can be done today, they can be delivered within days by a department that alr

it is more difficult for sure that it is for paye employees, and there is momentum to make this happen figuring out how to make this work for the self—employed, and what i read recently, only norway and belgium have a scheme up and running, everybody are struggling with this problem. but i am confident that the chancellor will come good and help the self—employed in the near future. but do you fear, are your instructors telling you that in the meantime it is driving them back out to work and to flout social distancing rules because it is a question of whether to eat or whether to stay healthy?” question of whether to eat or whether to stay healthy? i get the temptation, and we are all seeing other sectors of the self—employed market out there are still working. we have asked our driving instructors, red driving instructors, red driving instructors, not to work. we have cancelled all their fees. they can still use the cards for personal reasons or voluntary work, they're still insured and on the road and they can use the cars free of charge, if you like, but we have asked them not to wo

instead of firms paying paye to the government, that flow should now be reversed with the nation payingges of people for the next few weeks if and only if they continue to employ their staff. separate arrangements would need to be made for the self—employed but at a stroke this would save people pots byjobs, save businesses and put an immediate and to the risk of contagion and help save the economy. the urgency of the government's deliberations on this is absolutely... it's at the top of everything we're doing. ministers are working flat out 24/7 to look at all the options. but he said that all options were being looked at. labour said it was more than six weeks since the first cases of coronavirus were reported in the uk. for over a month, we have known about the substantial risk that coronavirus poses to the economy and to workers and yet the government has announced no plan to protect jobs and wages. no full plan for employment support. we are all, all of us, inundated with so many questions. the mp behind the universal credit benefits system said there were levers that could be pull

we have talked so much here about what the government have unveiled to help staff on paye, we know theyy what the government has announced? there are a lot of people are very worried right now. people have been laid off or have dramatically reduced workloads, they don't have fixed hours or levels of pay, many of these people would be classified as workers, they work for another company, but they are not on paye, so they are not getting any sort of income protection. universal credit is absolutely not up to the task and they really need some action from the government now to protect them. yes, and by definition, if they are not being paid, they can't get work through no fault of their own, they can't pay the rent or mortgage, they may have children. this is very difficult, it isa children. this is very difficult, it is a huge number of people, isn't it? absolutely. this isn'tjust about the income protection, this is also the issue of sick pay. so even people who do qualify for statutory sick pay, will only get £91; per week. if you are a cleaner earning minimum wage and you need to self—

paid sick leave and family leave someone has to leave work because of the coronavirus he can still paye te bills. most importantly, the paid leave is providing 100% from the federal government dollar for dollar amount on the small businesses and that is important. larger businesses tend to have paid leave. the. the crisis is unprecedented. in the interest of public health we have effectively chosen to pump the brakes on the economy. we decided to do that as a country because it is in the best interest of the public health but that means businesses of all sizes, small, medium, large are having to either loshutter their doors or slow dn the production, letting people fgo. so many parts of the economy are feeling the pain and discredit or slow down. applications for unemployment is weak compared to last increased 20 fold. that means there was a 2000% increase in ohio on the claim for unemployment. lmit is overwhelming the system. i worked with my colleagues nonstop over the past three days to put together this package that will provide some relief and those that have made the country and t

we have had the big announcements about help for people who are paye, companies can apply for a grantcase. unions are trying to negotiate agreements and we have seen good agreements using that scheme. but we hear reports of companies laying off people and we need guidance from the government about how the scheme will work. we urge companies to think about the long—term. holding on to workers is the best option in the short and long—term. it is the responsible thing do and the most sensible thing to do so that hopefully we can recover after this crisis and get the economy moving again. there is a moral case. ifeel we the economy moving again. there is a moral case. i feel we should the economy moving again. there is a moral case. ifeel we should be aware of companies that have let staff go, are not taking up the scheme of that rishi sunak outlined. we should know who these companies are and when this is over and life we hope it‘s back to normal, we know and give our business to companies who have done the right thing.|j could not agree more. one thing the crisis is exposing is the long

paye tax cuts, they went to rising health care costs, higher defense spending. thist to push back on notion that you have corporate america out there taking insane risks. so many of the companies i talked to, they are not in that same mindset. they are not taking insane risks, leveraging up their balance sheet and making stupid acquisitions. it is not the same situation. these companies were hit with a roundhouse kick. they are trying to deal with an event that they have never had to deal with before in their lifetime. a lot of leaders are operating by the seat of their pants. he will get through this. where should we have our eyes next week when it comes to the economy and the financial market? guest: the jobs report. the interesting thing about the jobs report for march, you might see an increase in jobs upwards of 90,000. it does not reflect the standstill that has occurred in the past couple of weeks, which means the april jobs report that will come out in early may is one of the most critical financial reports in the last five to 10 years. you need to pay a

one proposal is what's known as reverse national insurance, or reverse paye, rather than deducting fromthe government would do is pay you via the payslip and they would credit your account, those are some options on the table. another is a form of universal basic income, that's a cash lump sum paid to people who are affected. that could be paid to them to make sure they've got enough money for day—to—day life. lots of big questions, we might get some more detail on that from the chancellor later. but as you say, quite clearly, the pressure is now managing to protect those staff who have seen a big change in their income. as life as we know it for now shuts down. and as far as you are aware, will all of this include something to help people who are freelance, self—employed, workers on zero hours contracts, for example? will there be hell for them ? zero hours contracts, for example? will there be hell for them? yes, that's the big question in all of this. we get a sense of quite how thejob this. we get a sense of quite how the job market has changed over the last decade or so and some of

notice this is to minimize the sk of exposure to coronavirus for both tollbooth collectors and toll paye still have to pay if you go through fast track and even if you go to the cash lanes and you don't haveo stop to give them cash. you will get an invoice later on. let's check in now with our meteorologist mabrisa driguez to find out what our recast has in store for the rest of ouweekend. yeah overall a drier day today in the bay area but wedid notice some traces amount of rain for those of you in the south bay. >>and even inparts of the east bay as well but overall tracking that drying trend tonight and even for the 1st half of your sunday but then by sunday afternoon very unstable atmosphere. we actually have a slight chance of pop-up thunderstorms into partsof the south bay east may even tending into the san francisco peninsula noticeably dry and calm for those of you in the north bay by sunday night drier conditions better clearing but then another round of wet weather will be right behind this upcong storm future ra totals though with this of an inch of rain or less and aces amount

if you are employed, you are there in the paye system and there is a mechanism, admittedly, they mayhink there is something that is going to bounce around between politicians in the next few days to see if more is likely to be done for the self—employed. at the moment, the self—employed. at the moment, the situation is that the government is saying that they would have easier access to universal credit. that is the current fullback for self—employed people. that is the current fullback for self-employed people. ok, helen, thank you for all of that. our political correspondence there. some breaking news from the nhs which says that thousands more beds, ventilators and extra health care staff will be available from next week. it will aid the fight against coronavirus. there has been a deal between nhs england and independent hospitals. the nhs goes on, "the extra resources , hospitals. the nhs goes on, "the extra resources, including nearly 20,000 staff, will help the nhs deliver other urgent operations and also cancer treatments". the deal is a p pa re ntly also cancer treatments". th

. >> if we don't stop this prevalencavalanche, we will paye highest price. failure of the whole health system. and everything that makes life worth living. we need hospitals, and health care professionals now. not tomorrow. we are in need of qualified health care professionals, not recycled ones. not thrown to the front line like pond scum but we also need our citizens to stay at hom home. >> dana: how dire is the situation in italy and perhaps the rest of europe? >> it's catastrophic. we are talking about lombardi, talking about milano. this is one of the most advanced infrastructures in the world. the equivalence of chicago and san francisco, not quite new york but very close. they are completely overwhelmed. in some cases we have ten times the patient's requiring care. the government has responded pretty well economically and financially and we see that both in italy and across europe. >> dana: i'm going to have to hold there, stay with us. we have the president and vice president at fema headquarters speaking now. >> president trump: a a lot of progress

less than if you are on paye. there are lots of holes in this.end timing. it won't be expected to come in until the end of april by which time the income, the mental health of the self—employed might have been hit but people may have decided to prioritise work over observing strict rules on social distancing. really tricky. how do you "self—isolate" from your young children, especially if they are excited to see you after a long trip away? that was the dilemma facing one dad, who has come up with a rather extreme solution to keep his daughter safe — even if it does involve a bit of fibbing. jonah fisher reports. i. i, poppy. how are you doing? hello my little love. 4.5— year— old i, poppy. how are you doing? hello ppy think so dad is calling herfrom africa. she has no idea that the last week, he's been camping out just a few hundred metres from their home in north wales. poppy's dad, doctorjulian bayliss, home in north wales. poppy's dad, doctor julian bayliss, is home in north wales. poppy's dad, doctorjulian bayliss, is a groundbreaking scienti

it is much more difficult than those who are salaried on the paye scheme which means they are known toconcerns again raised by mps today, seeing you do not want to overcompensate people. some people who are self—employed will not need us. a press co nfe re nce self—employed will not need us. a press conference is now starting. let's have a listen. good afternoon. the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow. very sadly overnight 87 more people died, bringing the total to 422. our hearts go out to their families and their friends. yesterday the prime minister announced the most radical steps yet to slow the spread of this virus. these steps are not requests. they are rules. you should stay at home. except to shop for food, for medical reasons, for exercise or for work. including caring and volunteering in the coronavirus national effort. we understand how significant these steps are. we ask for your forbearance, but i think the public knows this is important. and they knows this is important. and they know how vital a task it is that we get a know how vital a task it is that we geta grip

this is hurting the workers to paye them more not to work then they would make if they were working. >> just to see this, i don't think president comes cash payment for an additional thousand dollars a month or whatever it is under the unemployment benefit is going to make a work are lazy and the government dependent.ot these are not the people i know. these are people who get up and work hard every day. if they get an extra helping hand out of this, so be it. do with the health crisis and t help familis get through it. that's where we start on this side of the aisle. we may talk a about some in the future and approach it a little differently, but i don't think it makes them lazy to receive the cash payment or an extra payment from this unemployment benefit. >> so with respect, the senator from illinois is suggesting this is somehow some negative moral judgment that it makes them lazy. it's exactly the contrary. i'm saying people behave according to rational incentives. av don't want to -- with, our girls are 11 and eight at home. we have incentives all the time, positive and negativ

discussed is what's known as reverse national insurance, or reverse national insurance, or reverse payeey is credited to your bank statement 01’ is credited to your bank statement or payslip rather than being deducted, so that could be one option. nonetheless, the government looking at all sorts of plans to get money to people who need it and we'll get more details from the chancellor in that press conference this afternoon. we will be keeping a close eye on that. ben, thank you. car—makerjaguar land rover is to suspend production at its uk plants from next week because of the outbreak. it hopes to reopen the sites in the west midlands and merseyside in four weeks time. its factories in brazil and india will continue their operations. more people have died from coronavirus in italy than in any other country in the world. the number of deaths there rose by 427 yesterday, bringing the total to 3,405. italy is now the epicentre of the outbreak as the death toll surpassed china, where the virus was first detected in december. let's speak now to our news correspondent, sima kotecha, who is i

step in and momentously pay firms wages for them by throwing the tax system into reverse so use the payes the other way, from the government to the firms, to pay their wages bills on condition they don't let anyone go and that is the mps idea of how there could be swift action to try and prevent the mass redundancies that they fear. andy, we have to leave it there. many thanks. our chief political correspondent vicki young is in downing street for us. are we any clearer about what we will get in today's press conference? we do at least know who will be there and it is a similar line up to the ones we have had before, so the prime minister, boris johnson, alongside him will be the chief medical adviser and the chief scientific adviser to field questions. we don't know if there is any particular announcement coming today but i think there will be lots of questions about some of the things that have already been announced, particularly those school closures will stop we had a lot of anxiety and people contacting the bbc about exams that have been cancelled for may and june, so lots of child

well the treasury consider delaying if needed vat and paye collection.necessarily yorkshire tea to pull through. my honourable friend is entirely right. we are monitoring the situation closely and prepared to support individuals, businesses and the economy to maintain economic confidence. our action plan, a battle plan points to mitigations that already exist such as hmrc‘s time to pay which is on a case—by—case basis to struggle firms to pay payments. i am sure the whole house willjoin me in congratulating the prime minister and his partner on the news that they are expecting a baby. ialsojoin on the news that they are expecting a baby. i alsojoin the prime minister and wishing the people of salisbury well. it is a wonderful city, i have visited it many times. what happened to them is appalling and...i what happened to them is appalling and... iwant what happened to them is appalling and... i want to pay tribute to medical staff here and overseas who are doing the vital work to combat the spread of coronavirus and looking after those affected. yesterday

interest free loans to everybody across the whole country, and there is difficulty with those not on payef i may say so, the better we tackle the epidemic now, the more vigorously we are able to suppress the disease now, the faster it will come through it, and that means yes, it certainly means testing, but it means staying at home, protecting is under attack an aggressive virus which intends to infect everyone of us which intends to infect everyone of us sometimes a deadly consequence. it seems to me that we need clarity and leadership. i want to commend the prime minister and the message thatis the prime minister and the message that is coming from government and that is coming from government and thatis that is coming from government and that is to protect the nhs, save lives. when you confirm that he will lift these measures imposed at the earliest possible opportunity once he knows that her nation safe? yes, of course, mr speaker. we kept them under constant review. your country is able to work together to confirm with those stipulations. the faster we will get on top of it,. the fas

paye tax cuts, they went to rising health care costs, higher defense spending.hist to push back on notion that you have corporate america out there taking insane risks. so many of the companies i talked to, they are not in that same mindset. they are not taking insane risks, leveraging up their balance sheet and making stupid acquisitions. it is not the same situation. these companies were hit with a roundhouse kick. they are trying to deal with an event that they have never had to deal with before in their lifetime. a lot of leaders are operating by the seat of their pants. he will get through this. where should we have our eyes next week when it comes to the economy and the financial market? guest: the jobs report. the interesting thing about the jobs report for march, you might see an increase in jobs upwards of 90,000. it does not reflect the standstill that has occurred in the past couple of weeks, which means the april jobs report that will come out in early may is one of the most critical financial reports in the last five to 10 years. you need to pay att

yes, of course it was easier to move furthest and fastest with employees because their paye details arethat will address the needs of as many people as possible but thatis of as many people as possible but that is being done with incredible speed. rishi sunak will announce a package tomorrow and i generally don't think there has been a time in our history in the last century certainly when the government of this country has put its arms around so this country has put its arms around so many people to get us through a very tough time. we will get through it and we will get through it together. on critical care, at this point in time, critical care, as of today, there is not enormous pressure on critical care compared toa pressure on critical care compared to a bad or even normal winter day, but we expect the demand for critical care beds to continue to rise over the next two weeks. that is entirely what we expect to happen and what will happen in that time. clearly the demand will go up from the coronavirus. because of the actions that people are taking and provided everybody continues t

simple solution, what you have to do is put the tax system into reverse so at the moment you have the paye, so they have all the data you need. what the mps are saying the government needs to do is something truly momentous — put the tax system into reverse so that the government pays the wage bill of those firms on condition they don't let anyone go. that would, according to greg clark and the other mps are supporting him, at a stroke, prevent this public health emergency turning into an economic calamity. as covid—19 continues to wreak chaos on the world economy, some industries are better suited than others to deal with the disruption. in south africa pharmacies and cleaning companies are capitalising on an urgent need for hand sanitizer and cleaning services. the bbc‘s vumani mkhize brings us this report. as cases rise in south africa, companies are taking extraordinary measures to cleanse their workspaces. this office is getting a disinfectant scrub and you can smell the alcohol from the cleaning solution since the outbreak began, companies and ordinary south africans have been clamou

if you are paid like a regular worker through paye, the government should pick up some of the bill, butyour earnings will be calculated. otherwise, you might qualify for statutory sick pay or other benefits like employment and support allowa nce. like employment and support allowance. the government says it is still working on detailed measures to support the self—employed. an announcement is expected soon. as things stand, you can claim universal credit — the amount you get depends on factors like savings, the size of your family and your partner's income. there have already been reports of large queues to register online as tens of thousands try to apply at once. let's speak now to charlie knight, a freelance costume designer who is hoping the chancellor's latest package of measures will help. she is not eligible for universal credit because of her partner's earnings. she is in chelmsford. also i'm joined from south london by thomas lawson, chief executive of the uk poverty charity, turn2us. thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us on bbc news this morning. charlie, to you