Government’s scheme to save coronavirus-hit jobs will leave firms and workers without cash until June
Mum Nicola Martin, 36, and husband Scott, 37, of Wakefield, West Yorks, have both been furloughed - and are panicking about how they'll pay billsMum Nicola Martin, 36, and husband Scott, 37, of Wakefield, West Yorks, have both been furloughed.“We’ve had to cancel our council tax as we can’t afford it and we’ve taken a mortgage break.
The situation is worse for those who left their old job just before the lockdown and were due to start a new one — as the scheme requires people to be on the payroll on February 28.Single mum Jodie Taylor, 35, from Rugeley, Staffs, said: “My last shift for my previous employer was in February and my new job started on March 3, but my old work has refused to rehire me to furlough me.
Yes, the Government plans to bail them out by paying 80 per cent of salaries but they may not get their hands on it until June — three months after the Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his rescue package.Even companies that have stepped up to the plate by producing vital equipment such as ventilators could be punished for doing their bit.
Meanwhile hospital bosses have astonishingly chosen the middle of the health crisis to axe an A&E unit in Lancashire.
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