RISHI Sunak will address the nation today announcing a new “furlough” style scheme to help shut down businesses.
The Chancellor is expected to announce that workers in lockdown areas who’s employers have been forced to close will have two third of their wages paid under the new job support scheme.
You can watch Rishi’s statement LIVE, here on this page at 3pm and follow his comments in real time by reading the live blog below.
The Chancellor’s statement comes as a government minister warned coronavirus is “out of control” in northern England.
Gillian Keegan, minister for skills and apprenticeships, said the country was now facing an “unbelievably serious situation” and desperately needed the new restrictions the government are bringing in.
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