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Wetherspoons boss warns second lockdown would put nearly 1m pub and restaurant jobs at risk

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Up to 900,000 jobs are at risk as pubs and restaurants fight for survival with the looming prospect of a second lockdown likely to wipe out many.

The stark warning comes as new measures, including 10pm curfews, come into force in the north of England and London mayor Sadiq Khan urged ministers to place tighter restrictions on the capital as coronavirus cases rise rapidly.

Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin told The Sunday Times any additional measures, including a rumoured three-week mini lockdown, would be "even more devastating" for his industry.

His pubs and hotels employ 43,000 across the UK but he left his staff in the lurch at the start of the pandemic when he told them to "go work at Tesco" and refused to pay them until the

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