Britain Announces New Job Protection Measures as COVID-19 Cases Rise

Britain Announces New Job Protection Measures as COVID-19 Cases Rise
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, who laid out further measures to aid the British economy and workforce as CCP virus cases continue to rise across the UK, poses for photographs outside 11 Downing Street in London on Sept. 24, 2020. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Britain’s finance minister announced new job protection measures on Thursday, including a new wage subsidy scheme, to limit unemployment in the pandemic-ravaged economy after existing safeguards expire at the end of October.

In a statement given in the House of Commons, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced his new Winter Economy Plan, which includes subsidizing wages instead of providing full furlough pay for part-time returns to work.