Coronavirus
The measures to handle or financial impacts of COVID-19.
Furlough scheme begins winding down as scheduled
Chancellor Rishi Sunak rejects extension pleas as COVID-19 restrictions extend.
Read more »Chancellor rejects pleas for furlough extension
Furlough is to be phased out from 1 July.
Read more »Furlough figures fall to their lowest levels this year
The Treasury said its recovery plan ‘is working’.
Read more »HMRC updates process for furlough claims
Updated templates should make the system easier.
Read more »Trade credit reinsurance scheme to end
It will end on the originally planned date.
Read more »Unemployment decreases by 0.9%
The employment rate remains below pre-pandemic levels.
Read more »DWP rejects keeping £20 universal credit uplift
The Chancellor extended the increase by six months.
Read more »Working-from-home tax relief available for 2021/22
More than 550,000 workers have already claimed.
Read more »Rent debt threatens 330,000 hospitality jobs
Eviction bans are to end in July.
Read more »History shows COVID-19 debt ‘can be coped with’
The debt-to-income ratio was 250% in 1947.
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