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Sunak's new scheme for furloughed workers won't prevent job losses and poverty
Unions and Labour MPs say government ministers ‘still need to do more to stop the devastation of mass unemployment’
An employee pulls a pint in the Tib Street Tavern in Manchester, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announces the government will pay two thirds of the wages of staff in pubs, restaurants and other businesses if they are forced to close under new coronavirus restrictions
CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak’s new scheme to pay workers at firms shut down by Covid-19 restrictions two-thirds of their wages has arrived too late to prevent mass redundancies and poverty, critics have warned.
Opposition parties and trade unions said that Mr Sunak’s expansion of the new Job Support Scheme (JSS) falls short of the furlough scheme that it replaces from November 1.
Ministers are expected to outline a three-tier local lockdown system on Monday, which could lead hospitality businesses in coronavirus “hotspots” to be shut temporarily.
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