British finance minister Rishi Sunak announced a new jobs support scheme on Thursday that would help firms employ people on shorter hours, but warned he could not save every business or job.

Like thousands of employers in Britain, Alison Griffin fears she could soon have to lay off more staff at her huge events venue when the government ends its flagship coronavirus job support programme ...

The job support scheme aims to help protect viable jobs, under Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s new support measures. A job support scheme (JSS) is at the heart of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s new package of ...

The Covid-19 job support scheme has been given an overhaul by chancellor Rishi Sunak, with employer contributions reduced and the minimum hours requirement also cut. Speaking in the Commons, Sunak ...

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a new package of financial support systems to help companies weather a winter with coronavirus. While the furlough scheme will not be extended past the ...

When Rishi Sunak first announced details of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in March last year, he declared Britain was facing a “generation-defining moment” and that “unprecedented measures” ...

Industry leaders have responded to the Chancellor's new schemes to help support workers through the coronavirus pandemic after the furlough initiative is dropped at end of October. The existence of ...

On the go: The new job support scheme announced by the government on Thursday will increase the risk of employers miscalculating pension contributions for employees, a law firm has warned. As the ...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says 'there has been no harder choice than the decision to end the furlough scheme' Questions have been raised following the government's announcement of a new job support ...

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme finishes at the end of the month. Nearly one in every 13 workers in the UK may have been on furlough as of mid-October, just weeks before the Government support ...

More than a million British workers face an uncertain future this week as the UK becomes the world's first big economy to wind up its COVID-19 jobs support scheme. By David Milliken LONDON, Sept 28 ...