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Coronavirus: Martin Lewis explains ‘furlough’ and how much money you can get

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Martin Lewis has explained what furlough is after Brits were told they could be entitled to 80% of their usual wage during the coronavirus pandemic.

The moneysavingexpert.com founder was doing his usual appearance on ITV's This Morning from his home in north-west London and explained furlough leave.

Brought in as an emergency measure, it means that people with jobs but who cannot work due to self-isolation, childcare issues, or because a business has been temporarily closed due to Covid-19, can be given up to 80% of their usual wage via a government grant.

In the clip, worried viewer Diane phones and asks, as a carer in a residential home who is not entitled to sick pay, what she can do.

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