The national living wage for over-25s increased from £8.21 to £8.71 an hour, with effect from 1 April 2020.

That represents a 6.2% rise on 2019/20 and will result in an over-25 national living wage full-time worker earning an extra £930 in 2020/21.

Workers aged between 21 and 24 see their minimum hourly rate increase to £8.20, while the rate for 18 to 20-year-olds rises to £6.45...

Concerns have been raised about self-employed workers who are excluded from the self-employed income support scheme.

The scheme provides a cash grant to sole traders or partners who are experiencing disruption as a result of the UK's coronavirus epidemic.

It provides those eligible with up to 80% of their income, up to £2,500 a month, for an initial three-month period.

The...