Whilst delivering protection to the NHS is the government’s primary focus, there is also a whole raft of multi-billion pound packages to help support the economy and people’s income stream and job security: 1. Salaried (PAYE) workers The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guarantees 80% of the salary of eligible workers, up to a ceiling of £2,500/month. See below for more. 2. Self-Employed workers A similar set-up for those eligible, with 80% of the self-employed workers’ avera

You may not require government support, instead you could be keen to take advantage of the excellent mortgage deals currently on offer (further improved by the cut in the Base Rate). This may motivate you to assess, for example, your remortgaging (or product transfer) plans such as: – needing to raise funds to further improve your existing property. – looking for a new deal, as you’re coming to the end of your current one. – still sitting on your lender’s more expensive Stand