Rishi Sunak to taper furlough scheme, forcing employers to pay 20% of wages
by Phillip Inman from on (#541NH)
Labour wants hard-hit industries protected as employers warn of major redundancies
The government will start tapering its furlough scheme from August by forcing those employers taking part to pay 20% of workers' wages as well as covering their national insurance and pension contributions.
Under plans to be announced by Rishi Sunak over the next few days, the support given by the furlough scheme will be cut back due to government concerns about its spiralling cost and the likely impact on the UK's growing public spending deficit.
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