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Furlough delays led to redundancy spikes, says Labour
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

RISHI SUNAK’S mismanagement of the furlough scheme has directly contributed to huge numbers of proposed job losses, Labour analysis suggested yesterday.

The party found a correlation between the Chancellor’s last-minute decisions on the job-retention scheme and spikes in numbers of planned redundancies.

The number of planned redundancies in June and July was twice as high as in May, with struggling businesses made to start contributing to furlough costs from August 1.

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