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Furlough scheme extension could cost £70bn

The added support of the Chancellor’s extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could only be available to companies ‘currently using’ the scheme.

Furlough scheme extension could cost £70bn
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Furlough scheme extension

So far, some 7.5m employees have been furloughed, at a cost approaching £10bn. The expected costs to the end of July are likely to be around £50bn, with the extension at a reduced level to the end of October perhaps costing a further £20bn, according to Blick Rothenberg. These sums amount to around 10% of total government receipts.

Read more at the Accountancy Daily.

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