Famous names worth billions have claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money from the government to furlough staff during the coronavirus pandemic. They include well-known figures like Guy Ritchie, Cara Delevingne, Petra Ecclestone, the Queen’s nephew David Linley and even former US President Donald Trump. The job retention scheme was designed to help employers keep and … Read more
Lockdown impact is laid bare as another 500,000 workers are put on furlough in just TWO WEEKS – with Rishi Sunak preparing to extend the huge £5bn a month bailout scheme until JUNE The furlough rate has increased sharply in the latest ONS survey of businesses Another 500,000 people have gone on leave in most … Read more
Unemployment has risen again to a five-year high of 5.1 per cent as Rishi Sunak prepares to extend the huge furlough scheme for months more. Official figures showed that in the three months to December the rate went up by 0.1 per cent compared to the equivalent period to November. The increase – hitting younger … Read more
Jamie Lomas is reportedly claiming taxpayers’ money to furlough staff for three of his companies. According to reports, the Hollyoaks star, 45 – who has continued to portray Warren Fox on the soap throughout the lockdown – has made employee wage requests through Jamie Lomas 21, Jamie Lomas Associates, and First Take School of Acting. The state-funded Coronavirus … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to extend the Government’s massive furlough scheme until at least July after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled an ultra-cautious roadmap for easing the third lockdown. The Chancellor is expected to pump huge sums of money at next week’s Budget – the first the Government has presented to the Commons since … Read more
Boris Johnson gave a strong hint that the massive furlough scheme could be extended again today as he unveiled an ultra-cautious ‘roadmap’ for easing lockdown. The PM insisted the government will ‘continue to do whatever it takes to protect jobs’ for the ‘duration of the pandemic’, despite already having spent more than £280billion on the … Read more
Shane Richie is the latest celebrity to be revealed as a furlough claimant. In the latest instalment of The Sun‘s furlough exposé, the EastEnders actor, 56, has reportedly claimed cash from the government arrangement, which supplements wages in the wake of the pandemic. Public HMRC files lists his business – Bluebelle Skye Productions – among the 600,000 … Read more
Love Islanders such as Kem Cetinay and Gabby Allen are claiming furlough cash for their businesses, despite raking in millions since leaving the show. Also making the most of the Covid scheme are villa couple Olivia, 27, and Alex Bowen, 28, who are thought to have a combined wealth of £4.4million. The companies ran by the … Read more
Rishi Sunak plans to extend furlough- style support for businesses hit by Covid until AUTUMN after telling Tory MPs it needs to last beyond summer for nightclubs Chncellor told MPs that support for businesses need to last beyond the summer Mr Sunak will present the furlough as an ‘offset’ to tax raises, Tory MPs say … Read more
Rishi Sunak will announce at the Budget on March 3 that the Government’s furlough scheme will be extended to the summer, it was claimed today. The Chancellor is also preparing to prolong a business rates holiday for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, according to the Financial Times. A year-long business rates holiday is due … Read more