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More Than A Million people have fallen through the cracks in governmental programs to support you during coronavirus-crisis, MPs say.

The Treasury Select Committee, the Minister, the plug called for loopholes in the rules to fulfil the commitment of the government of "doing whatever it takes".

freelancers, and the youngest employees are among those who say access to the support, the members of Parliament.

The Ministry of Finance said, the machinations protected millions of jobs and livelihoods.

But The Committee said the interim report, unanimously approved by the members, it was still not enough.

"the treasure of The interventions were welcomed by many, but the roll-out and financial support at pace and scale has inevitably led to some of the hard edges in the policy-making, and some important gaps in the provisions," said The Committee .

"The government needs to help these people, if it is to fully satisfy your promise to do whatever it takes to help people protect the from the economic impact of the Corona-Virus. "

The MPs said hundreds of thousands of people suffer financial hardship through no fault of their own, often due to unfortunate timing of starting a new job or your employer, the choice of the timing of the filing of the return the documents to the tax authority, HMRC.

In the case of lockdown, the first steps, the Ministry of Finance said it would do up to 80% of the wages of workers who were not able to their job from home. But those who started a new job after the government are the February 28 cut-off date, are not covered under the scheme.

Although This Was later extended by three weeks, many stayed left, The Committee said.

The Committee also said that the government will not help those who independently and within the Last Year and those whose businesses have an annual trading profits of More Than £50,000.

Another group that has, through the power of the freelancer is like, or those on short-term contracts. The MPs said that in industries such as television and the theatre, where temporary contracts are the rule, many workers are Not Entitled to support under the regulations.

The Report said: "This can't be right. Should give the government, this group corresponds to the access to financial support, the 80% of your average monthly income, up to a total of £2,500 Per month. "

The Report comes amid growing concern about the health of the economy, in order for a data set of 20. 4% in April. There are warnings of huge job losses once the holidays wound systems are down. On Sunday, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak it comes to hardness acknowledged on the Andrew Marr show"".

Treasury Committee Chairman Mel Stride said: "The Chancellor has said he will do whatever it takes to support people and businesses from the economic impact of the pandemic. In total, he has acted on an impressive scale and pace.

"However, The Committee has found to be well over A Million people have lost through no fault of their own, the foundations of life, while you are locked in and out of the main funding programmes locks. "

A Treasury spokesman said: "The timely and targeted measures we have taken, has protected millions of jobs and livelihoods, and our interventions have been rightly welcomed by The Committee .

"with Our comprehensive support package is one of The Most comprehensive in The World - with generous income support schemes exist, billions were paid in the Form of loans and grants, tax deferrals, and More Than £6. 5 billion injected into the social safety net.

"All of our support is targeted to ensure that we help public monies responsibly, to those who need it most as quickly as possible, while minimizing the fraud Risk . "

Source of news: bbc.com