IFS: Extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in its current form brings total support to around £60 billion
The Chancellor has announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will be extended in its current form to the end of July...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 14:34
McCluskey: Jobs retention scheme extension must mean no rush to redundancies
The leader of the Unite union has welcomed the announcement today (Tuesday) by the Chancellor Rishi Sunak that the job retention scheme will be extended in its present form until July, then tapered from August until October...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 13:49
Alliance welcomes furlough scheme extension but urges more financial support for childcare providers
Commenting on the news that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is to be extended to October, with greater flexibility introduced as of August, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, said...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 13:48
Extending furlough scheme "delays readjustment to changed economy", says IEA expert
Responding to the Chancellor's announcement on the future of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Professor Len Shackleton, IEA Editorial and Research Fellow, said...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 13:46
MoD should be spending and building in the UK to support British jobs – John Healey
John Healey MP, Labour's Shadow Defence Secretary, responding to the Government's refusal to release a report on their decision to give a Royal Navy shipbuilding contract to an overseas firm, said...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 13:45
Mel Stride comments on changes to the furlough scheme
Rt Hon. Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has today announced changes to the Job Retention Scheme, also known as the furlough scheme...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 13:44
IoD responds to furlough extension
Responding to the Chancellor’s announcement of an extension to the furlough scheme (JRS), Edwin Morgan, Director of Policy at the Institute of Directors, said...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 13:13
Chancellor extends furlough scheme until October
THE government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will remain open until the end of October, the Chancellor announced today...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 13:12
Traffic Commissioners applaud road transport industry
This weekend marked the 75th anniversary of victory in Europe at the end of World War 2. As a nation, we have spent the weekend celebrating those who defended the nation during that time...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 12:34
Rebecca Long Bailey responds to schools reopening guidance
Rebecca Long Bailey MP, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, commenting on the Department for Education’s guidance for the reopening of schools, said...
Tuesday, 12 May 2020 12:33