Family & Health

Self-employed workers will be able to apply for taxable grants worth up to 80% of their average monthly profits to combat loss of income due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Chancellor announced today. But the grants will be capped at £2,500/month and not everyone will be able to claim them – we've full details below on who's eligible, when you'll get the money and what to try in the meantime if you're struggling.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a new package of far-reaching measures to help people's finances during the coronavirus pandemic – such as increasing benefits and housing allowance, and paying 80% of employees' wages if businesses are struggling.

Sky Sports customers will be allowed to pause their subscriptions without charge, in response to almost all major UK sporting events being cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus.

The BBC has announced it is delaying charging some over-75s for TV licences until August, in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

National insurance thresholds will be raised and duties on fuel and alcohol frozen as part of the 2020 Budget unveiled by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. 

A new package of measures to help those who lose out on earnings due to coronavirus was unveiled by the Chancellor today.

The 'tampon tax' is set to be abolished in Wednesday's Budget – with a zero rate of VAT applying to sanitary products from 2021.

The NHS prescription charge in England is set to increase by 15p to £9.15 from April.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that workers who are told to self-isolate to prevent the spread of coronavirus will soon qualify for statutory sick pay from the first day they take off, not the fourth.

Almost 90% of local authorities in England which provide care services are looking to raise council tax this year by the maximum permitted amount of 4%, according to new analysis.