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Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak
UNIONS and the Labour Party have warned that the government’s extension of its coronavirus furlough scheme should not come at the price of bosses cutting jobs.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today that the scheme will continue until October, with the government continuing to fund furloughed employees’ salaries until the end of July.
The furlough scheme, which pays 80 per cent of a workers’ salary up to a £2,500 monthly cap, currently supports 7.5 million jobs and has cost £10 billion so far.
Cuts are sweeping campuses as cash-strapped universities slash staff and politicians fail to act on a growing funding emergency. VINCE MILLS reports
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
