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- Pupils with special needs ‘forgotten’ as English schools reopen
- Eat out to help out sees diners claim 100m cut-price meals in August
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8.53am BST
Rishi Sunak has been urged by union leaders to launch a wage subsidy scheme to prevent a “tsunami” of unemployment when furlough comes to an end this autumn.
Demanding the chancellor follows the examples of other leading European countries to avert a looming jobs crisis, the Trades Union Congress said a continental-style system of “short-time working” wage support could be used in Britain to save millions of jobs from redundancy.
Related: Prevent ‘tsunami’ of job losses when furlough ends, TUC urges Sunak
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More from Leeds, where residents have been warned there will be “no alternative” to further lockdown restrictions if coronavirus infection rates continue to rise.
The city is expected to be added to Public Health England’s weekly watch list of areas of concern, following a rise in cases over the previous weeks.
This is a pivotal moment in our efforts to control the spread of the virus in Leeds and to keep our city open.
Nobody wants to see further restrictions on life in Leeds and we want to assure everyone that we’re doing absolutely everything within our power to avoid that happening.
Continue reading…News updates: cases rise in South Tyneside, Middlesbrough and Gateshead, putting them in government ‘red zone’Pupils with special needs ‘forgotten’ as English schools reopenEat out to help out sees diners claim 100m cut-price meals in AugustPrevent ‘tsunami’ of job losses when furlough ends, TUC urges SunakGlobal coronavirus updates – live 8.53am BSTRishi Sunak has been urged by union leaders to launch a wage subsidy scheme to prevent a “tsunami” of unemployment when furlough comes to an end this autumn.Demanding the chancellor follows the examples of other leading European countries to avert a looming jobs crisis, the Trades Union Congress said a continental-style system of “short-time working” wage support could be used in Britain to save millions of jobs from redundancy. Related: Prevent ‘tsunami’ of job losses when furlough ends, TUC urges Sunak 8.23am BSTMore from Leeds, where residents have been warned there will be “no alternative” to further lockdown restrictions if coronavirus infection rates continue to rise.The city is expected to be added to Public Health England’s weekly watch list of areas of concern, following a rise in cases over the previous weeks.This is a pivotal moment in our efforts to control the spread of the virus in Leeds and to keep our city open.Nobody wants to see further restrictions on life in Leeds and we want to assure everyone that we’re doing absolutely everything within our power to avoid that happening. Continue reading…