CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak will be risking an “historic mistake” if he does not change his “one-size-fits-all” decision to begin scaling back the coronavirus furlough scheme within the next 24 hours, Labour warned last night.

From today, employers will have to pay national insurance and pension contributions for the hours that an employee remains on furlough.

Labour says that thousands of workers across Britain could have their P45s handed to them by bosses unable or unwilling to pay the costs of keeping them on furlough until the scheme ends in October.