Our Letter on Self-Employed Workers to The Secretary of State for Scotland

On 23 March 2020, Culture Counts wrote to Alister Jack MP Secretary of State for Scotland. We warmly welcome the unprecedented support for employees that the UK Government announced on Friday (20th March); we are however concerned that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme excludes many workers, including the self-employed, gig economy workers and, potentially, those on zero-hour contracts.

Read the letter at the link below. Culture Counts is continuing to track the impact of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) on Scotland’s cultural sector. Completing our survey will help us to communicate the needs of the sector to decision-makers in government and parliament.