A million people may quit self-employment in Covid-hit UK – study https://ift.tt/3kfKYmP Larry Elliott Economics editor LSE survey finds trend towards more people working for themselves under threat Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage 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. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J November 10, 2020 at 02:01AM

LSE survey finds trend towards more people working for themselves under threat

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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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