Fewer than one in 15 jobs in shut-down businesses stand to benefit from the expansion of the Government's job support scheme, Labour has said.
Workers in sectors like weddings, cinemas and events and conferences, which are not "legally closed" but have been forced to "shut in all but name", will not enjoy protections from the programme, shadow business secretary Ed Miliband said.
Mr Miliband said close to one million jobs will be put at risk and the latest Government announcement was like putting whole sections of the economy on the "scrapheap".
For six months beginning on November 1, staff off work for more than seven consecutive days because their workplace was legally required to close due to local or national restrictions will get
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