furlough since the start of lockdown with more than 1 million businesses applying for financial support through the UK Government’s Job Retention Scheme.
Almost nine million British workers are having their wages paid by the UK Government through the scheme with the state paying for up to 80 per cent of an employee's salary while they stay at home.
Money-saving expert, Martin Lewis, predicts that up to a million people across the UK could be facing redundancy over the coming months as furlough rules change and employers begin to contribute more to their wages until the scheme ends on October 31.
For those worried about job losses and facing the prospect of looking for work, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a new Job.