Extend furlough or face Halloween jobs nightmare MPs tell Chancellor

Furlough has been a financial lifeline for businesses across the UK with some 1.2 million employers making a claim for more than 9 million staff on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The scheme originally paid 80 per cent of employee wages, up to £2,500 per month when it launched in April, shortly after lockdown was implemented on March 23.

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak will outline his plans to protect millions of jobs on Thursday after intense opposition insisted more needed to be done in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. The move came as La bour leader Keir Starmer ramped up calls for a plan B for the coronavirus economy, and the SNP made demands in the Commons for the UK Government’s Job Retention Scheme to be extended.

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one million jobless, a £30 billion hard Brexit deal and queues of thousands of lorries at Channel ports, Ian Blackford has warned. Highlighting the potential disaster facing the country this winter, the SNP Westminster leader made a renewed plea for an extension of the furlough job retention scheme at Prime Minister's Questions.

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Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.RICHARD Leonard has appealed for an extension to the government’s job retention scheme.The Central Scotland MSP says this would be “good for people, jobs and the economy”.More than 42,000 workers across North Lanarkshire have benefited from the scheme, which is due to close at the end of next month.Scottish Labour leader Mr Leonard said: “It is crucial that the scheme is maintained to help save jobs and keep

Nicola Sturgeon has made a fresh plea for the UK Government to extend the furlough scheme to prevent thousands of Scots from losing their jobs next month.

lockdown.

NorthWalesLive reports.Known as FestEvil, the company behind the event claim it's the first ever UK-based immersive, drive-thru Halloween experience.The horror maze will open to fearless guests in October just in time for Halloween.Taking place entirely from the car, participants are warned once a vehicle enters the maze, they must complete the route with no turning back - no matter how scary.It will feature live characters throughout and some of the scenes are said to be 'extremely gruesome' -

coronavirus crisis, is set to come to an end next month.The new petition arrives after claims from many in the live music industry that, despite socially distanced indoor gigs being allowed in the UK from mid-August, the vast majority of venues are not viably able to host events with restrictions in place.You can sign the petition on the UK Government and Parliament petitions website here.Despite the government’s £1.57billion bailout for venues and arts spaces, which was announced back in July,

UK Government to end its furlough scheme next month.She has also made clear it will not be 'acceptable' for the initiative to stop without Scotland being given the ability to set up an alternative.The First Minister said the UK Government ending the scheme – set up by Chancellor Rishi Sunak at the height of the coronavirus pandemic – will “narrow the options available to us in controlling the spread of the virus in the next few months”.By the end of June, some 736,500 workers across Scotland had

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterPrestwick Airport has been criticised for how workers have been treated while on furlough. Bosses did not top up furlough pay past the 80 per cent wages awarded by the UK Government.Instead staff have had to use holidays to make their pay packet up to 100 per cent at the Scottish Government owned airport. A councillor said: “I am concerned that Scottish Government airport employees did not receive