We must help workers hit by quarantines and lockdowns

Hard financial realities may force those returning from Spain to flout the requirements by reporting for work, writes James Moore

People enjoy Magaluf beach in Mallorca. Britons are surprised at the abrupt announcement to impose a two-week quarantine on people travelling to the UK from Spain (Reuters)

It isn’t just the travel industry that’s been caused a severe problem by the sudden reimposition of quarantine requirements on people travelling to this country from Spain.

Many employers, workers, and especially freelancers, have been left in a nasty bind.

It always seems to be this country’s army of often low-waged freelancers who get hit hardest.