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UK Government to help pay wages of workers to stop coronavirus closure job losses

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The UK Government has announced unprecedented measures to cover the wages of workers who would otherwise lose their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak.Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak pledged to help to pay wages in an attempt to prevent a surge in unemployment as companies grapple with the near shutdown of the economy.It followed criticism that his £350 billion emergency support package for the economy earlier this week concentrated on businesses but did little for their staff.Sunak said: "Today I can announce that for the first time in our history the government is going to step in and pay people's wages."He said there would be no financial limit to the size of the plan.Moments earlier, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the

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