MP calls for support to newly self-employed to be backdated and for Chancellor to help other excluded groups
Commenting on the news that people who became self-employed in the 2019/20 financial year will finally be eligible for Government financial support, local MP Tim Farron said: "This is something I've been worked hard with cross-party colleagues on for a long while, so it's a welcome relief that those who became self-employed in the year leading up to the pandemic will now finally be entitled to support.