They include a childcare provider who previously worked 70 hours a week but whose work and income has completely disappeared. The FSB said she is ineligible because through working long hours her average earnings for the last three years are above the £50,000 cap.
A childminder who only became self-employed in May 2019, and therefore does not have a tax return for 2018/19, has also contacted them.
As Nursery World reported last week, thousands of newly registered childminders around the country feel they are missing out on vital Government support for the self-employed, and fear their businesses will fold in the crisis.
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