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UK to pay 2 million self-employed workers through coronavirus - Times

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LONDON (Reuters) - The British government will on Thursday announce plans to help around 2 million of the country's 5 million self-employed workers through the coronavirus outbreak by paying money directly into their bank accounts, the Times newspaper reported.

The monthly payouts are expected to be capped and means-tested to benefit those on lower incomes, the report said.

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, Writing by Kylie MacLellan; editing by Kate Holton)