Sunak's £12bn scheme for self-employed was 'terribly targeted', says analysis

Review finds testing flaws meant support went to many workers who lost no income but not to others who had

Rishi Sunak's flagship scheme to help the self-employed through the pandemic has handed 1.3bn to workers who saw no loss of income while giving nothing to 500,000 people left without work, new analysis has revealed.

In a sign of major flaws in the 12.7bn self-employment income support scheme (SEISS), more than 400,000 workers were able to claim support despite losing no income in the crisis.