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How to protect the earnings of the self-employed as well as employees

The government has acted swiftly to protect the earnings of those in employment, But the self-employed deserve help too. Merryn Somerset Webb has a few suggestions of how to do it.

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by: Merryn Somerset Webb
25 Mar 2020

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