Job Retention Scheme

One in five disabled people say they have to choose between staying safe or keeping their jobs under current furlough rules.

Two-thirds more apprenticeships ended in redundancy as Covid hit employers, BBC figures show.

Peterhead FC made the 29 staff redundant last month because of the initial plan to end the furlough scheme in October.

A survey by Scottish Business Monitor also finds a fifth of firms expect to cut staffing in the next few months.

More people are now eligible for furlough, with the scheme extended until March 2021.

The jobless rate for July to September in Wales leapt to 4.6%, an increase of 28,000.

Newly self-employed people get no help from the government, despite the latest wage support package.

The chancellor's announcement answers political pressure but signals that a bleak winter for the economy lies ahead.

Critics say extending the scheme to protect jobs will only delay the inevitable

The move follows days of wrangling over the scope and duration of the wage scheme.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening.

The first minister will outline Wales' firebreak exit plan but says people need to follow the rules.

The finance minister welcomes the scheme's one-month extension, but says it could go further.

As furlough ends, one pub manager faces up to the prospect of less pay under a replacement scheme.