Chancellor Rishi Sunak has extended the UK government’s Job Retention Scheme and will also boost financial help for the self-employed — a support package that could cost nearly £100bn in total. However, there are conditions attached to his largesse. Join our live Q&A with the FT’s personal finance editor Claer Barrett and executive news editor Dan Thomas at 12pm UK time Tuesday. Our experts will attempt to explain how the chancellor plans to dial down emergency support in favour of a “national effort” to create jobs and build a new economy.

The UK chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the furlough scheme put in place during lockdown will start to change from August, when employers will be asked to resume paying their staff’s national insurance and employer pension contributions. They will then have to pay 10% of wages in September and 20% in October Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub UK coronavirus live: businesses must pay part of furlough costs from August ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2020/may/29/coronavirus-uk-live-rishi-sunak-to-announce-tapering-of-furlough-scheme The new lockdown rules: what you are allowed to do from Monday ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/29/uk-lockdown-rules-what-are-the-key-changes Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► http://www.youtube.com/theguardian Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture

Subscribe and 🔔 to OFFICIAL BBC YouTube 👉 https://bit.ly/2IXqEIn Stream original BBC programmes FIRST on BBC iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/2J18jYJ 🔘 Subscribe and 🔔 to BBC News 👉 https://bit.ly/3a1zyip 🔘 Stream BBC News live on BBC iPlayer 🔴 https://bbc.in/3b64IVP 🔘 Coronavirus / Covid-19 information: What should I do? 👉 https://bbc.in/39VY5VV 🔘 Follow BBC News live updates here 👉 https://bbc.in/2JmUswL Today’s government press conference was given by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. He was joined by Prof Stephen Powis, the medical director of NHS England. Here’s what they told us: Employers will be asked to pay a contribution to the furlough wage scheme. In August they will be asked to pay national insurance and pensions contributions. In September, they will be expected to pay 10% of wages, and in October 20%, as the government contribution tapers off. The furlough wage cap will also decrease each month. The scheme will then close From July, a “flexible” furlough will be introduced, to allow businesses to bring staff back part-time The self-employment scheme will be extended, with people receiving another three-month grant, based on 70% of their previous earnings, in August. The cap on the grant will also be lowered Any increase in transmission rates or the number of infections may see targeted restrictions re-introduced BBC News Live | Coronavirus Press Conference | UK Government Daily Press Briefing | BBC #BBC #BBCiPlayer #BBCNews #BBCCoronavirus #Coronavirus #Covid-19 #CoronavirusOutbreak #Corona #CoronavirusUK All our TV channels and S4C are available to watch live through BBC iPlayer, although some programmes may [More]

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the government’s furlough scheme. He updates MPs in the House of Commons as some firms are preparing to return to work. For the latest coronavirus developments as they happen, follow our liveblog here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/05/12/politics-latest-newsgovernment-lockdown-uk-furlough-work-coronavirus/ Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the UK is receiving shipments regularly from domestic suppliers as well as those from overseas – including a shipment of 140,00 gowns from Myanmar. The Turkish shipment is still delayed, however. “We are working hard to get the PPE our frontline NHS and social care staff need,” he says. He is joined by Chief Scientific Advisor, Angela Mclean and Yvonne Doyle Medical Director of health protection for Public Health England. Click here for all the latest coronavirus news: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-uk-lockdown-cases-latest-deaths-schools-government/?WT.mc_id=tmg_youtube_offsite_televideo-youtubevideo_20Aprilcovidblog&utm_source=tmgoff&utm_medium=tmg_youtube&utm_content=offsite_televideo&utm_campaign=tmg_youtube_offsite_televideo-youtubevideo_20Aprilcovidblog Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.