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Furlough scheme extended but taxpayer support scaled back

From August firms will be expected to share the burden of paying the salaries of furloughed staff.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-05-12 13:26
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The furlough scheme currently supporting 7.5 million workers through the coronavirus crisis will be extended until the end of October, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced as the UK death toll linked to Covid-19 passed 40,000.

The scheme – which pays 80% of a worker’s salary up to a £2,500 monthly cap – will remain unchanged until the end of July and then continue with employers expected to start footing some of the multi-billion pound bill.

Mr Sunak told MPs that from August there will be greater flexibility in order to allow furloughed staff to begin returning to work.

1/ The job retention scheme will be extended, for four months, until the end of October.

By that point, we will have provided eight months of support to British people and businesses. Until the end of July, there will be no changes to the scheme whatsoever. pic.twitter.com/gQznY4c2Ir

— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) May 12, 2020

“Employers currently using the scheme will be able to bring furloughed employees back part-time,” he said.

Employers

“And we we will ask employers to start sharing with the Government the cost of paying people’s salaries.”

Staff would continue to receive the current level of support through a combination of state and employer contributions.

3/ We will ask employers to start sharing, with the government, the costs of paying people’s salaries.

— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) May 12, 2020

Mr Sunak’s announcement came as new analysis by the PA news agency puts the death toll at just over 40,000, following new figures on care home deaths released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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