The government's furlough scheme designed to help employers and employees during the coronavrius pandemic is 'to be wound down'.
The scheme, which pays up to 80% of companies staff salaries, has been described as not 'sustainable' in the longer term by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
This is because the cost of the scheme so far has been £8billion with 6.3 million workers having the majority of their pay from the government.
Speaking to ITV News, Mr Sunak said there would be no "cliff-edge" cut off to the furlough scheme, which was initially set up with a time frame until end of June.