Economics
U.K.’s Rishi Sunak Extends Furlough Program Through October
- Paying workers’ wages may cost more than 80 billion pounds
- Businesses told they will have to shoulder some of the costs
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U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said the government will help pay the wages of millions of workers for another four months in an effort to stop them losing their jobs amid the coronavirus lockdown.