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'I feel forgotten about': The 68,000 people in Greater Manchester whose furloughs are about to end

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Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Jasmin Waite has been on furlough since last March and is now struggling to see where her future lies.

A travel agent for a firm in Failsworth, she works in a the travel industry - a sector which, having already lost thousands of jobs and suffered casualties like Flybe, is one of the worst hit by the pandemic.

Jasmin is among more than 68,200 people in Greater Manchester who were on furlough as of August. And, as employers face tough decisions on whether they can afford to reinstate their workforce when furlough ends after today (Thursday), it's estimated that up to 12,000 of those whose wages are currently supported by the Government could be

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