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Coronavirus: Self-employed construction worker claims he has no choice but to work when ill

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A construction worker has claimed he had no choice but to go to work despite feeling ill - ignoring strict government orders to protect other people's safety.

The man, named as Dan from Leytonstone, east London, told a radio phone-in he was "having to go against my morals" to pay the mortgage and feed his toddler daughter.

Dan's case was raised by Jeremy Corbyn in Parliament as an example of self-employed people making impossible choices in the coronavirus pandemic.

5million self-employed people have been left without full government support for several days despite a UK lockdown. And many construction workers in particular have been told to carry on going to work.

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