Businesswoman rationed daughter’s food after falling through cracks in government help
Closed: while lockdowns bit into small traders’ funds, government help has been restricted only to those that meet arbitrary criteria – meaning many are going hungry, along with their children.
This is the reality of Covid-19 for millions of self-employed people across the UK.
The government trumpeted huge amounts of funding for scheme to keep businesses open – but failed to mention the small print that means some businesses don’t qualify.
It’s as though the pandemic was being used for political reasons – to clamp down on small enterprises and their owners. Isn’t it?
Jo Hill, of Cardiff, was denied any support because her business had only two years of profit on its books.
She had to rely on food banks and borrowed money to survive.
The money I have earned I have had to use for food for myself and my daughter. She’s growing like a bean pole, I couldn’t afford to buy her shoes over lockdown. At times we were so skint food was rationed, I’ve had to be really careful.
When the Chancellor announced [support for self-employed businesses] I breathed a massive sigh of relief. I was applying and it would say I’m not entitled, I was quite bewildered. The money should have gone to everybody.
“I’m too scared to spend any money at all since I don’t know what will happen in the future and how long that money will last. There have been times I couldn’t afford a food shop, I don’t know if my budget is going to last two weeks, three weeks.
The Welsh government has announced business support worth £1.7 billion to firms across the country.
And a fat lot of good it will do to single traders like Ms Hill if they don’t qualify because of arcane eligibility standards.
Source: Mum-of-two forced to ration 12-year-old daughter’s food after support cut off – Mirror Online
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