The Chancellor is expected to give an update this afternoon on how to support businesses through the months ahead. Reports suggest the new scheme will support two thirds of workers' wages in areas where their businesses are required to close. The three-tier system is due to be announced on Monday and would go further than current local lockdowns for the worst-hit cities. (Image: Getty Images)A Treasury source said the Chancellor will be "setting out the next stage of the Job Support scheme later today". "The Chancellor's sink-or-swim Job Support Scheme is forcing businesses to flip a coin over who stays and who goes," she tweeted.

Source: Daily Mirror October 09, 2020 06:44 UTC