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		</div><p>A final self-employment coronavirus grant is to be made available and businesses must start paying towards the worker furlough scheme from August, the British Government has announced.</p>
<p>Freelancers will be able to claim up to £6,570 (€7,282) from that date, giving those workers access to a total coronavirus grant of up to £14,070 each.</p>
<p>Businesses will also have to start paying National Insurance and tax contributions for staff in August, ramping up to 10% of furloughed wages in September and 20% in October.</p>
<p>Chancellor Rishi Sunak had previously announced the plan to get businesses to contribute to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), but he laid out further details on Friday.</p>
<p>He also revealed that workers can return part-time without losing any furlough payments from July – a month earlier than previously planned, following lobbying from businesses.</p>
<p>But businesses must start bearing the costs and from August all companies using the furlough scheme must start paying National Insurance and employer pension contributions.</p>
<p>In September and October contributions will rise to 10% and 20% respectively, the Chancellor added, but workers still furloughed will keep getting 80% of their wages up to £2,500 (€2,771) a month.</p>
<p>The British Government will cover 70% of wages up to £2,190 (€2,427) in September, with employers to pay National Insurance and pension contributions and 10% of wages, representing 14% of the gross employment costs.</p>
<p>The following month, the UK Treasury will pick up 60% of wages up to a cap of £1,875 (€2,078), with employers paying tax contributions and 20% of wages, representing 23% of the gross employment costs, the Government said.</p>
<p>It added that only 40% of businesses had claimed the pension contributions since the scheme was launched.</p>
<p>Officials added that companies can be flexible with their definition of “part-time” as long as a full-time employee has not returned to normal hours.</p>
<p>The Treasury said: “Individual firms will decide the hours and shift patterns their employees will work on their return, so that they can decide on the best approach for them – and will be responsible for paying their wages while in work.”</p>
<p>Since it was launched, the CJRS has been used by one million businesses to support 8.5 million jobs, at a cost of £15 billion (€16.6bn) so far.</p>
<p>The scheme is expected to cost a total of around £80 billion (€88.7bn), or £10 billion (€11.08bn) a month, although the Office for Budget Responsibility is set to publish detailed costs next week.</p>
<p>Business groups had asked the UK Government to ensure that those industries suffering hardest were most protected.</p>
<p>But the Treasury said it was not always clear which sector a business was in, insisting it would not rule out future support if required.</p>
<p>Mr Sunak said: “Now, as we begin to reopen our country and kick-start our economy, these schemes will adjust to ensure those who are able to work can do so, while remaining amongst the most generous in the world.”</p>
<p>The Chancellor had faced calls, including from a cross-party group of 113 MPs, to extend the scheme for self-employed workers, which has so far seen 2.3 million claims worth £6.8 billion (€7.5bn).</p>
<p>The grant will be worth 70% of their average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single instalment covering three months’ worth of profits, and capped at £6,570 (€7,282) in total.</p>
<p>To combat fraud, employees will be able to report any concerns to HM Revenue and Customs.</p>
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