A million people may quit self-employment in Covid-hit UK – study
by Larry Elliott Economics editor from on (#5A5SM)
LSE survey finds trend towards more people working for themselves under threat
A million people in the UK are planning to give up being self-employed after seeing their earnings decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ahead of official figures on Tuesday that are likely to show a further jump in unemployment, a report from the London School of Economics found that a two-decade long trend in favour of more people working for themselves was under threat.
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