UK should widen coronavirus wage guarantee to self-employed - think tank
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should widen a government wage guarantee to cover self-employed and sacked workers, rather than just those whose employers agree to temporarily put them on leave, a think tank said on Wednesday.Last week Britain's government promised to pay 80% of companies' wage bills for staff who they put on leave due to the coronavirus shutdown, rather than sacking them, similar to an earlier proposal from the Resolution Foundation think tank.Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak..