Architects are pleading with the chancellor to stump up more cash to help sole practitioners during the coronavirus outbreak.

One-man bands make up a significant proportion of architecture practices in the UK and yet so far Rishi Sunak has offered them nothing like the assurances he has given their employed colleagues.

One architect said: “Self-employed sole practitioners have seen turnover halve and halve again over the last three years and we’re now facing catastrophic uncertainty.”

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