140,000 UK firms apply for coronavirus furlough scheme

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced over 140,000 companies have applied for the government’s coronavirus job retention scheme, as of 4pm today. (Subscribe:

“The grants they receive will help pay the wages for more than a million people,” he said.

The Chancellor was joined by Professor Dame Angela McLean, deputy chief scientific adviser, and Professor Yvonne Doyle, medical director for NHS England.

The UK virus death toll has risen to 16,509.

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