play-icon
Video report by ITV News Consumer Editor Chris Choi
Workers, the self-employed and those on benefits - in desperate need of a lifeline - got some financial support in Rishi Sunak s Budget.
Furlough will continue until the end of September and there is extra money for the self-employed - including many who have missed out on government help so far.
The Universal Credit uplift has also been extended, a welcome relief to the unemployed and those on low wages.
Yet despite the measures which will benefit some, the Budget is too little too late for self-employed people who fell through the cracks over the past year, a driving instructor has said.