Topshop employees say they have been laid off after the Arcadia Group closed its 300 UK stores an hour before the government announced its coronavirus job retention plan. This includes the chains Topshop, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans, Miss Selfridge and Wallis. A Topshop store in London. The announcement by Arcadia came before Mr Sunak announced a further bailout, previously unthinkable by a Conservative government, after pledging hundreds of billions to businesses earlier this week. However, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said Mr Sunak had not gone 'far enough or fast enough'.

Source: Daily Mail March 21, 2020 00:58 UTC