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Firms must start paying furlough costs for staff from this August, Rishi Sunak declared tonight – but the proportion they contribute will be tapered up to 20 per cent over three months. The Chancellor stressed that the UK scheme would remain ‘among the most generous in the world’, but said businesses should start taking some of … Read more
Firms must start paying furlough costs for staff from this August, Rishi Sunak declared tonight – but the proportion they contribute will be tapered up to 20 per cent over three months. The Chancellor stressed that the UK scheme would remain ‘among the most generous in the world’, but said businesses should start taking some of … Read more
Firms must pay 20 per cent of wages for furloughed staff from August, Rishi Sunak will say today as he starts to wind down massive bailout despite fears of a wave of redundancies Rishi Sunak is announcing the details of furlough scheme changes after August The Chancellor is set to say firms will have to … Read more
A deep split has opened up in the Government over a trade deal with Donald Trump, with the Cabinet Minister in charge of negotiations accused of planning to turn Britain into a ‘pariah state’ by allowing the import of cheap foods pumped with antibiotics and hormones. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has clashed with Environment … Read more
A website launched to help save this year’s harvest after coronavirus blocked foreign labourers from coming to the UK crashed this evening, just minutes after a minister begged furloughed Britons to lend a hand. The Pick for Britain website went down this evening within minutes of Environment Secretary George Eustice appealing for domestic workers to plug … Read more
Britons longing for a drink in a pub garden this summer could be given a major boost, with a government minister today revealing that plans are being drawn up to open as early as July. Environment Secretary George Eustice has said he is hopeful pubs will be able to reopen this summer – subject to … Read more
Minister tells furloughed workers they should get fruit-picking jobs to help farmers who are struggling to fill vacancies George Eustice expects there to be a need to recruit British harvest workers ‘A third of the migrant labour that normally comes to the UK is here,’ he says Up to 80,000 workers, mostly from Eastern Europe, … Read more
Food Secretary George Eustice insists food availability is ‘back to normal levels’ and reveals supermarkets are adding an extra 300,000 delivery slots – but admits even that will not be enough to meet coronavirus lockdown demand George Eustice revealed supermarkets are adding extra 300,000 delivery slots But the Environment Secretary said it will not be … Read more