New measures to protect millions of jobs in the second wave of Covid – BBC News

The chancellor will announce new measures to protect millions of jobs in the coming months in the face of intense pressure from business leaders and unions. The current scheme, which paid up to 80% of salaries, will disappear by the end of October. Rishi Suna is now said to be looking at different forms of salary subsidy and is expected to announce more subsidies. The Treasury also announced that there would be no budget for the fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak of coronavirus in Scotland has occurred at the University of Glasgow, and more than 100 students are infected. Huw Edwards presents BBC News Ten as the main political correspondent for Vicki Young, the economics editor of Faisal Islam and the medical editor Fergus Walsh. Please subscribe HERE .

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