The government has heeded calls from the RIBA and others and doubled the amount of financial support given to self-employed workers during November as the profession braces for a second national lockdown.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced that self-employed workers would be able to claim grants worth up to 80% of trading profits this month, two weeks after he reduced the support offered by the scheme to 40%.

It comes three days before England is set to be plunged back into a national lockdown lasting at least until December 2, although the government has encouraged construction sites to stay open through the restrictions.

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