As employers brace for a cut in government support for furloughed workers, chancellor Rishi Sunak was today facing union demands to keep on the scheme beyond its planned conclusion at the end of September. From Sunday, government support for staff unable to work because of coronavirus will be cut from 70 to 60 per cent of wages, with employers expected to top them up to 80 per cent, up to a maximum of £2, 500. The move has prompted fears that some of the estimated 1.9m workers still receiving fu
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2021-08-02 00:00:00.0