TIME is running out for millions of people on the coronavirus job furlough scheme as well as businesses that face going to the wall when government support is axed at the end of October, Labour warned today.

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds used her keynote speech to Labour’s online conference to attack Chancellor Rishi Sunak for “allowing the clock to run down on the four million people on furlough” who could soon be at risk of redundancy.

She said: “He’s doing exactly the same for the millions of businesses that have needed a helping hand to survive these last few months.