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Guarantee the self-employed 80% of their income too, urges think tank NewsColony The Government should guarantee 80 per cent of the incomes of the self-employed amid the economic crisis created by Covid-19 , an influential think tank today urges. The Treasury is currently working on a plan to assist those roughly five million people in the UK who do not work for companies but many of whom, nonetheless, face a collapse of their incomes because of the enforced lockdown of the UK economy. Last Friday the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, unveiled a plan for the state to cover 80 per cent of the wages of UK employees in order to prevent a damaging spike in unemployment. That plan was similar to a proposal from the Resolution Foundation think tank presented just days earlier. Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now Read more And now Resolution is recommending that the Government roll out something similar for the self-emplo...