‘Lifeline’ for 600 BBC PAYE freelances as broadcaster offers new Covid-19 financial support
About 600 freelances who regularly work for the BBC on PAYE contracts are to “finally” be offered financial support to…
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‘Forgotten’ PAYE freelances plead for Government support as Covid-19 crisis reaches three-month mark
“Forgotten” freelance journalists who work on PAYE contracts are begging the Government for support as the Covid-19 crisis approaches the…
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The rise of the freelance journalist: Tough times and lockdown prompt boom in online networks
May is traditionally seen as the month of merriment. For journalists who were furloughed or made redundant it gave the…
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Tony Hall says BBC doing ‘all we can’ to support PAYE freelancers impacted by Covid-19
BBC director-general Tony Hall has written to more than 150 journalists and production staff who work for the corporation on…
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Freelances to be given cash grants by Government to support them during Covid-19 crisis
Eligible freelance journalists and photographers will be able to claim up to 80 per cent of their earnings in a…
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Coronavirus: Calls for better financial support as freelance work diaries ‘wiped out’
Freelance journalists and photographers need better financial support to cope during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic as many face having their…
By IR35 freelance tax reforms delayed over coronavirus outbreak
Controversial tax reforms affecting freelance workers, including journalists, have been postponed for 12 months due to the coronavirus outbreak. Chief…
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Journalist launching new digital magazine vows to end ‘unethical’ payment on publication
A former commissioning editor at a women’s weekly magazine has hit out at the “unethical, unnecessary industry-wide problem” of payment…
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