U.K. Government Faces Pressure From Industry on Economic Measures for Freelancers

A headteacher in Manchester says people need to stop putting pressure on the government to reopen schools amid the pandemic.

As the United States discussed ways to reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a variety of doctors were called upon for news interviews, including Dr. Phil McGraw.

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Dr. Drew Pinsky, 61, is a trusted medical professional — but fans on social media were up in arms after watching clips of the MD downplaying the severity of COVID-19.

The U.K.'s major broadcasters and producers have come together to urge the government to ensure all TV industry freelancers impacted by the coronavirus crisis are eligible for the recently unveiled financial support schemes. In a joint letter, the heads of the BBC, ITV, Comcast-owned Sky, Channel 4, Viacom (which owns Channel 5) and U.K.

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The Scottish Government is under pressure over claims the coronavirus death rate is much higher than the total provided to the public.

The UK could be on full coronavirus lockdown until 'late May or early June', a leading scientist has warned.

The long-awaited economic measures for the self-employed revealed by U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak on Thursday have elicited mixed response from the film and TV industry’s predominantly freelance workforce.

By Tom Grater

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The U.K. has finally announced an economic relief package for freelancers not in employment after much of the country’s creative industries shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic.

U.K. theater chain Cineworld Group has decided not to go ahead with the planned redundancies first announced last week after all their sites, including Picturehouse screens, shuttered due to the coronavirus crisis.

The U.K.'s public service broadcasters have come together to call on the British government to financially support freelancers working in the industry who have been impacted by the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The leaders of broadcasters BBC, Channel 4 and ITV have united to apply pressure on the U.K. government for expansive economic measures for the self-employed — a highly anticipated directive due Thursday.

Construction workers have been pictured mingling together on a site in Manchester city centre as the government resists growing pressure to halt all building work.

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Boris Johnson is facing mounting pressure to order a widespread lockdown after thousands of people ignored calls for social distancing to slow the coronavirus pandemic.