Furlough

Britain’s jobless rate has soared to its highest level for more than four years as official figures showed nearly 830,000 workers have been dropped from UK payrolls since the start of the pandemic (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Unemployment rate soars to highest level for more than four years

January 26, 2021

Labour said families will suffer financially as a result of Tory policies (Anthony Devlin/PA)

Kwarteng: No plan to reduce workers’ rights

January 25, 2021

Shadow communities secretary Steve Reed (Aaron Chown/PA)

Labour issues warning over Government plans to ‘increase council tax’

January 24, 2021

It is not clear when international travel will be able to resume more widely, Fergus Ewing said. (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

‘Unclear prognosis’ for return of international travel, MSPs warned

January 21, 2021

Labour is targeting Chancellor Rishi Sunak over his handling of the economy during the pandemic (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Labour targets Sunak over ‘stop-start’ Covid policies

January 20, 2021

Ben Broadbent said the economy was now expected to contract in the first quarter of 2021 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Bank deputy warns ‘no free lunch’ from furlough scheme

January 12, 2021

Collins Dictionary named lockdown as its Word of the Year (Yui Mok/PA)

Lockdown, algorithm and furlough – the vocabulary of 2020

December 30, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak leaves Millbank broadcasting studios in Westminster (PA)

Furlough scheme and coronavirus business support loans extended

December 17, 2020

Martin Lewis appeared before MPs on the Treasury Committee (Steve Parsons/PA)

Martin Lewis warns Government against ‘catastrophising’ workers’ finances

December 9, 2020

Nearly half of Britain’s 5.9 million small firms expect to cut jobs by the time the furlough scheme ends, according to new figures (PA)

Nearly half of small firms to cut jobs amid Brexit and Covid-19 woes – report

December 9, 2020

Samantha Morton and her boyfriend, Barry Lingard, celebrate her winning £242,775.50 with a EuroMillions Lucky Dip ticket (National Lottery/PA)

Woman who lost job during pandemic to buy new house after £242,775 lottery win

December 9, 2020