- Sunak due to make announcement on continuance of furlough scheme Archived Message
- Sunak due to make announcement on continuance of furlough scheme - Mary May 12, 2020, 9:02 am
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on May 12, 2020, 9:02 am
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Coronavirus: Chancellor to set out future of job retention scheme https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52627655 'Chancellor Rishi Sunak is to reveal the future of the government's job retention scheme later, amid growing calls to extend it. Currently more than six million people are having up to 80% of their wages paid by the government while they are temporarily on leave from their jobs. Mr Sunak has previously warned the scheme, due to end in June, was not "sustainable" at its current rate.' Coronavirus jobs bailout could cost Treasury '£40bn every three month Resolution Foundation* analysts estimate cost of UK’s wage subsidy scheme https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/apr/08/coronavirus-jobs-bailout-treasury-resolution-foundation-wage-subsidy-scheme What's the betting? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Cowdery |
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