This was the chancellor's third economic support package in a month. The PM said Mr Burnham "was offered a further £60million, which he turned down".

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And there will be changes to the Job Support Scheme, which is for companies experiencing lower demand due to the COVID-19 outbreak. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service, Rishi Sunak ‘barred for life' from UK pub, Watch: Heavy rain washes away car in Bengaluru, Sushant's friend alleges, 'Paid PR trying to shut me', Bihar elections: PM Modi praises Nitish Kumar for 'sushasan', takes dig at Lalu Yadav, Interview with Table Tennis Champion Harmeet Desai, Miss Diva Universe 2019 Vartika Singh at Hyatt Regency Lucknow, Shefali Sood and Varun Verma during Press Conference at Aloft New Delhi Aerocity, Amazon Sale: Up to Rs 35,000 Off on laptops, desktops, internal storage & more, Exquisite Banarasi sarees for women for festive dressing, Terms of Use and Grievance Redressal Policy. Rishi Sunak has steered a charmed course through much of the coronavirus pandemic. Amid fears 500,000 would lose their jobs by Christmas, he then extended the state support to 67% - but only for workers whose venues are ordered to shut by government. "Instead, we've had a patchwork of poor ideas rushed out at the last minute," she added, suggesting some people had already lost their jobs because of the chancellor's "inaction". The Times suggests the Chancellor will tweak the Job Support Scheme so the state pays more than the 22% maximum of people's wages from November 1. It is bound to mean more redundancies and poverty for more people.


The truth is that he is part of the problem. Chancellor Rishi Sunak will make a statement to Parliament at 11.30am amid reports he'll offer more help to stricken Tier 2 businesses.

In a sign that the Treasury is clearing the way for more immediate financial support, the Chancellor yesterday scrapped his multi-year spending review for public services.

While Sunak was elected by Johnson for as he is "adept and diligent", he also stands popular among the multiracial community of Britain.

A plan to support the British people.". The end of the furlough will bring greater, not less, economic hardship. Then, the government, the employer and the worker carve up the remaining hours which are not being worked, and split those unworked hours three ways. The Chancellor's spokesperson told the PA news agency: "The Chancellor is due to update the House of Commons on the economic situation, in particular, and so far as it relates to the new restrictions.

"I was at London Gatwick Airport on December 22nd when seven plane flights came in from Wuhan that day, and I stayed in the hotel airport that night with people who came off those flights," she explained.

"I'm not sure that all of them spelt his name correctly," he added. South Yorkshire became the latest area to face a top-level Covid Alert lockdown. He is beholden to the virus and the economic mess it leaves in its wake.

However, a poll conducted last December by Professor Bale had said, "Just five out of 1,191 named Rishi Sunak." He even allowed himself an oratorical flourish, that Britain must learn to “live without fear” with the virus.

The latest moves followed Boris Johnson's decision to impose a Tier Three lockdown on Greater Manchester from midnight tonight.

Yet all the problems to which Mr Sunak responded on Thursday were foreseeable.

", Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, tweeted: "Looks like Rishi Sunak is agreeing with Greater Manchester Leaders. He added: "I can tell the House today that that cash will be distributed to the boroughs of Greater Manchester.". Under the scheme, people go into work for at least one-third of their usual contracted hours, which bosses pay for. His move sidelined Mr Burnham, who had rejected the sum as inadequate during negotiations with the Government over declaring Greater Manchester a very high risk area. Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick yesterday announced allocations of emergency grants for a string of councils from a £1billion support fund promised earlier this month. Mr Sunak has been caught out by events, not for the first time.

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It might have done if the problem had been in London. "Rishi Sunak has the strengths that the Prime Minister so conspicuously lacks, not only basic competence, but a grasp of detail...and no one has mounted such an obvious, in your face, social media campaign as Rishi Sunak," Tim Bale, professor of politics at the Queen Mary University of London, was quoted as saying.

"And Rishi [Sunak] has given me not a penny, and I'm selling my house because of it."

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The economy was reopening, he said. "We'll make sure these areas crucial to our economic recovery have their budgets set for further years so they can plan and help us build back better.

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The reality is that the pandemic is reshaping everything. Coronavirus: Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils three extra support measures for businesses, More help is being pledged for hospitality, accommodation and leisure firms, How much employers have to pay to the Job Support Scheme has been cut, The chancellor said he wanted to help firms in Tier 2 overcome 'profound uncertainty', Andy Burnham said he could 'barely believe' the news. Mr Johnson made his cash offer to Greater Manchester borough councils. It is good, of course, that he intervenes.

One-third of these hours is paid by the employer, one-third is paid by the government, and one-third is not paid at all. In itself, that is not the chancellor’s fault, for these have been tectonic times.

His latest announcement should make them think again, Thu 22 Oct 2020 13.50 EDT

In recent months, a kind of difference has been seen growing between Sunak and Johnson. EMPLOYEES could work one day a week and earn up to 73% of their wages under changes to the Job Support Scheme made by Rishi Sunak today.
Only the headline has been changed.