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Extend furlough scheme or face spiralling job losses, Rishi Sunak told

The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has been urged to extend the coronavirus wage subsidy scheme until September to avoid spiralling job losses across Britain this summer.

Extend furlough scheme or face spiralling job losses, Rishi Sunak told
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Extend furlough scheme

Against a backdrop of mounting pressure on the government to provide continued support as lockdown measures are gradually removed, the Resolution Foundation said the extension would cost the exchequer as much as £48bn but would prevent a fresh surge in unemployment.

Read more at the Guardian

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