Rishi Sunak announced today.The furlough scheme comes into forced from November, which is after the new round of hospitality closures in Scotland.Sunak said the new plan offers a safety net over what could be a "difficult winter".The UK Government will pay two thirds of wages of staff in pubs, restaurants and other business if they have to shut under new coronavirus restrictions.Devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will benefit from a £1.3bn increase to agreed funding for 2020-21.The new support is less generous than the furlough scheme, which paid 80% of millions of workers' wages and warded off larger levels of job losses.It ends this month and will be replaced by the less generous Jobs Support Scheme, where.
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