Over two million UK self-employed claim COVID grants - Sunak
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LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said more than 2 million claims for one-off grants, worth 6 billion pounds, had been made under a scheme to provide income support for self-employed people during the coronavirus crisis."Those people will have the money in their bank accounts within six working days of their claim," Sunak told parliament.The scheme, which was launched last week and provides grants of up to 7,500 pounds, is part of the government's attempts to soften the hit..