Forgotten 5 percent

Articulate and on point as ever, @MartinSLewis still fighting the corner for #ExcludedUK on #Marr Thank you

“Care homes paying sick pay were significantly less likely to have Covid cases”

A huge relief for those ‘newly’ self employed (actually 2+ years for many) to finally be acknowledged but huge gaps and injustices remain for the #ExcludedUK Govt support has focused too narrowly on those easiest to support and must be tailored to the modern world of work

"Frankly, that is a drop in the ocean compared to the scale of the problem, and unfortunately represents another kick in the teeth for PAYE freelancers, those denied furlough, the newly employed, limited company directors and many others.” @Jamie4North /ENDS

@Peston After 12 months of being ignored this feels a very emotional moment. Really the least the govt could do. I hope they now look to supporting others excluded through no fault of their own

Furlough for employed and self-employed is to be extended to end of Sept, as I mentioned on 19 Feb. As important is that hundreds of thousands of newly self-employed who have not been eligible for the self-employment income support scheme will now be eligible for it because...

At last #newlyselfemployed #ExcludedUK

@MartinSLewis @itvMLshow Fantastic. Please ask about help for #ExcludedUK in particular about including 19/20 tax returns. I have just had to pay a £15k tax bill despite not receiving a penny of support in 2020 when my work fell off a cliff

Delighted to confirm I'll be talking to the Chancellor on Thurs morning, after the budget, for @itvmlshow that evening. I only have around 10mins though, so careful prioritisation will be needed, to try and get answers. Clearly though there will be much I won't have time for.

Which demographic am I? #ExcludedUK

Same old same old. Cherry picking stats and twisting them to distract from the real issue. Do you earn £2-3k? Do you earn most of your money from PAYE? No, neither do I. And neither do the millions of #ExcludedUK No excuses - parity now

@ExcludedUK #ForgottenLtd Next Weds 12.00 in @HouseofCommons there'll be a Ten Minute Rule Motion 'Covid-19 Financial Assistance - Gaps in Support' @TracyBrabin will make her case for a new Bill - suggest you get as many people as possible to email/contact their MP to support

Far too many are still excluded from UK government support, including the newly self-employed. I’ve written to Sunak to raise this again - urging him to act now.

We are 🤞 help may finally be on the way for many #smallbiz company directors left out of previous #COVID19 support schemes after a proposal to @RishiSunak from FSB, @ForgottenLtd @seeleyharris and @ACCA_UK thesun.co.uk/news/13682049/…

Look at how utterly fed up and exasperated the incredible @MartinSLewis is on the @thismorning show. We can’t thank this man enough!!! @JohnDCaudwell @AndyBurnhamGM @AnnelieseDodds

Boris Johnson says there is money for self employed people. He misses the point that 3 million are still excluded. Unless everyone is protected financially, no one is safe health wise. If people can’t pay the bills they will go out to try to find work and increase infection risks

@RishiSunak Being an #ExcludedUK taxpayer means not receiving financial help despite years of paying into the pot that you’re using to finance these support schemes. UCredit is not fit for purpose. In #Lockdown3 I can’t go out to work & I can’t borrow more money. What should I do now, Rishi?

The phrase “fallen between the cracks” really isn’t enough implies something small that got forgotten. In fact we are 600,000+ events staff - 3m total #excludeduk - who have been deliberately ignored and left to suffer since March. We continue to beg @RishiSunak for help daily.

Many of the #ExcludedUK are the entrepreneurs we need to build Britain back from the wreckage of the coronavirus crisis. Rather than excluding these people and plunging them into deep and dangerous debt, we should be investing in them and helping them to flourish. @ExcludedUK

I don’t earn £200k I don’t have more than one job I went self employed in 2019 I’ve had ZERO support in 2020 Dismissed. Ignored. Abandoned. If that’s not #ExcludedUK then @RishiSunak tell me what is

@RLong_Bailey @RishiSunak @ExcludedUK @ForgottenLtd @RefusedG @ForgottenPAYE Excellent question @RLong_Bailey. Whether it’s 3 million or (even by Rishi’s admission) at least 1.5 million, a huge number of people have been treated brutally by this govt

In today’s #SpendingReview Chancellor @RishiSunak fails to deliver for the 3m @ExcludedUK. Either he doesn’t understand his own policies and who they exclude, or he just doesn’t care. @ForgottenLtd @RefusedG @ForgottenPAYE