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In this image made available by British government because no media allowed into 10 Downing Street because of the coronavirus pandemic, showing Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, right, holding a digital press conference about the COVID-19 coronavirus, with Deputy Chief Medical Officer Doctor Jenny Harries, centre, inside 10 Downing Street, London, Thursday March 26, 2020.  Sunak on Thursday announced measures to give financial help to self-employed people. (Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street via AP)

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'Not forgotten': UK unveils big new scheme for self-employed
March 26, 2020 3:45 p.m.

'Not forgotten': UK unveils big new scheme for self-employed

LONDON (AP) — The British government unveiled another massive income support scheme on Thursday, this time for the 5 million-or-so self-employed people, many of whom face financial ruin from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.