Extended Covid job support scheme puts 1m jobs at risk, warns Ed Miliband
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Scheme benefits just one in 15 workers in shut-down sectors, says shadow business secretary
Only about one in 15 workers in shut-down businesses stand to benefit from the expansion of the government's job support scheme, Labour has said.
Workers in sectors such as weddings, cinemas and events and conferences, which are not legally closed" but have been forced to shut in all but name" due to restrictions imposed in an attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus, will not enjoy protections from the programme, said the shadow business secretary, Ed Miliband.
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