Italian MPs received coronavirus relief payments meant for self-employed

Revelation provokes outrage at the five deputies whose identities are unknown due to privacy law

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The Italian government is seeking to discover the identities of five deputies who are alleged to have received a relief payment intended to support the self-employed during the coronavirus lockdown.

A report in the newspaper La Repubblica on Sunday also revealed that 2,000 regional and local politicians applied to receive the bonus, which ranged between 600 (540) and 1,000, from INPS, Italy's social security and pensions agency.