- • Chancellor Rishi Sunak speaks in the House of Commons on the new wage subsidy scheme that will replace the Government's furlough scheme - the Jobs Support Scheme
- • Businesses will be able to keep employees in a job on shorter hours rather than making them redundant.
- • The scheme will last for six months, starting in November
- • The Government will provide similar support for the self-employed
- • Reduction of VAT from 20% to 5% will remain in place until March 31, 2021
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